Lunch break lawsuit underscores wage, hour and 1099 concerns for nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 25, 2023
A nurse who claims the Ohio nursing homes she worked at docked her pay for more than three years of lunch breaks that she rarely took can proceed with her case, a federal court ruled this week.
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...
Labor proposal pushes employers on classification of hourly workers
By
Joe Bush
Oct 11, 2022
A proposed rule issued Tuesday by the US Department of Labor would more strictly limit how healthcare and other employers classify workers paid on an hourly basis.
Former caregivers sue CA facility for hour and wage violations
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Jun 20, 2014
Former caregivers filed a class action lawsuit against one of the nation’s largest provider of post-acute care services for alleged failure to pay minimum wage and overtime, among other claims.