Coalition launches campaign to fight DOL’s independent contractor rule … Healthcare workers with long COVID face challenges with care … HRSA made $160M in potential Provider Relief overpayments:...
Also in the News for Friday, Jan. 19, 2024
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 19, 2024
DOL requires back pay from Tennessee nursing home for illegal firing under FMLA … New epoch of AI offers ‘tremendous potential’ to healthcare sector … Data breach leaked info on 40 nursing...
25 nursing homes swept up in wage-withholding investigation
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 11, 2024
The US Department of Labor has filed a complaint against the operator of 25 Massachusetts nursing homes, alleging that it systematically withheld break and overtime pay at those facilities in violation...
Also in the News for Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 11, 2024
Senator pledges to repeal new Dept. of Labor contractor rule … Long-Term Care: The Problem and The Solution … Court rejects mask bias lawsuit, maintaining high bar for hostile work environment claims...
New worker classification rule could spark legal battle, experts warn
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 10, 2024
The US Department of Labor issued a final rule on worker classification standards Tuesday, setting in motion implications for a long-term care sector increasingly reliant on agency contract work to meet...
Exploitation concerns persist as push for immigrant workers grows
By
Josh Henreckson
Dec 13, 2023
Immigrant nurses are already a key demographic in long-term care, and are likely to become more vital in the future. But allegations of coercive labor practices by some providers and staffing agencies...
Feds bolster nursing pipeline with $78 million in awards
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 12, 2023
Twenty-five organizations will split more than $78 million in new federal funding intended to bolster the nursing pipeline, the Department of Labor announced Thursday.
Staffing agency made employees work 3 years or repay wages, DOL charges
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 22, 2023
A Brooklyn, NY, healthcare staffing agency and its CEO are under fire from the Department of Labor for allegedly requiring employees to sign contracts that required them to work for the company for three...
$513,000 judgment continues DOL onslaught against nursing homes violating wage rules
By
Joe Bush
Nov 28, 2022
A “common and costly” error by two Pennsylvania nursing homes can be averted by other providers, said a Department of Labor investigator in the wake of a more than half-million-dollar judgment against...
Eighty percent of recent investigations into nursing facilities, residential care centers, home health providers and similar employers led to proven violations, the US Department of Labor’s Wage and...