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Rethinking long-term care’s work week
By
John O'Connor
Aug 03, 2021
Workplace scheduling as we knew it will never again be the same. Could we be seeing a four-day work week in long-term care sometime soon?
Lawmakers predict work cutbacks if ACA coverage floor raised to 40 hours per week
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 26, 2015
Raising the definition of a full-time workweek from 30 to 40 hours would result in fewer work hours for many employees, Senate Democrats argued at a hearing last week.
A workweek tweak that’s worth the fight
By
John O'Connor
Jan 09, 2015
The new Congress hadn’t even officially started and already a major fight over stipulations for a new work-week threshold was heating up. Obamacare doesn’t have the answer this time.
The Walking (Half-) Dead
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 14, 2014
OK, I’ll admit it. I am a huge fan of the AMC show, “The Walking Dead,” which incidentally had a blockbuster Season 5 premier Sunday. It’s really bizarre because I am a big weenie...
Will 29-hour workweeks be the new normal in long-term care?
By
John O'Connor
Oct 21, 2013
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about problems uninsured people are having with health exchanges. But not much is being reported about a different kind of exchange many long-term care managers might...