Gender, identity emerge as new EEOC issue for skilled nursing employers
By
Josh Henreckson
May 30, 2024
Amid quickly shifting cultural norms and a changing legal landscape, legal experts say skilled nursing providers must better understand how to protect employees from sex and gender discrimination — including...
Also in the News for Tuesday, March 19, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 19, 2024
State department of health rejects lawmakers’ pleas for nursing home receiver … VA rolls out in-room cameras for community living centers … EEOC elicits $68K settlement with nursing home in national...
Provider to pay $50,000 after settling sex discrimination and retaliation suit with EEOC
By
Josh Henreckson
Feb 13, 2024
A skilled nursing operator must pay $50,000 and enhance its anti-harassment policies as part of its settlement in a US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discrimination and retaliation lawsuit.
Feds try again to hold LTC management firm liable for residents’ racist treatment of employees
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 18, 2023
A federal agency is appealing a court ruling that removed some workers and released a retirement community’s management company from responsibility in a case alleging racist treatment by residents against...
Also in the News for Monday, Sept. 18
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 18, 2023
Senate bill would devote $1.2 billion to RN training … EEOC and Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division forge partnership to bolster enforcement … Starting PT sooner for people with dizziness...
Also in the News for Monday, Aug. 7
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 07, 2023
Unions pump $50M into refreshed ‘Care Can’t Wait’ campaign … Staffing agency discriminated against job seekers based on race, sex and disability: EEOC … Walking 25 minutes a day is enough to...
Nursing home agrees to $400K discrimination settlement as new pregnancy fairness rule looms
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 13, 2023
An Illinois nursing home owner must pay $400,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging it discriminated against and fired pregnant employees, the Equal Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday.
Also in the News for Thursday, Jan. 26
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 26, 2023
Antipsychotic prescribing for dementia soared at COVID’s start and hasn’t fallen since: study … Houston-area nursing home destroyed by tornado … Report: Healthcare sector top target for data breaches...
EEOC quietly updates ‘EEO is the Law’ poster
By
Kate Risa
Dec 13, 2022
If you remind employers that they are obligated to post certain notices in their workplace, you might be told by many of them that it’s old news. For those that have 15 or more employees, it’s likely...
SNFs may be liable if they don’t try to stop residents’ racial bias against workers, legal expert...
By
Joe Bush
Sep 12, 2022
A staff member’s civil rights at work are more important than a patient’s right to express himself or herself, a new lawsuit brings back into focus.