US DOL, NLRB, US EEOC Align to End Retaliation, Promote Workers’ Rights
The US Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board and US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today announced a joint initiative to raise awareness about retaliation issues when workers exercise their…
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Justice Department Secures Agreement with PATH to End Unnecessary Medical Exams and Health Questions
The Department of Justice filed an agreement today in Newark federal court to resolve its lawsuit against the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)…
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US DOL Issues Emergency Temporary Standard to Protect Workers from Coronavirus
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a new emergency temporary standard to protect more than 84 million workers from the spread of the coronavirus on the…
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CT DPH Begins Issuing Civil Penalties to LTC Facilities for Failure to Comply with Executive Order 13F
The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) began on Tuesday issuing the first round of civil penalties to long-term care facilities subject to Executive Order 13F, which mandates COVID-19 vaccination…
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Louisiana Medical Center to Pay $450,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Shreveport, La.-based Willis-Knighton Medical Center, a health services provider, has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According…
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Sewage floods Syracuse area nursing home kitchen, puts residents in ‘immediate jeopardy’
A Manlius nursing home did not thoroughly clean up or check for food contamination after its kitchen was flooded with black, foul-smelling sewage, according to an inspection report.
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Geisinger Community Health Services Agrees to $18 Million Civil Settlement
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Geisinger Community Health Services (GCHS) has agreed to pay $18,513,621.05 to resolve allegations of civil liability for…
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NC Nursing Home Resident Likely Ate a Mouse, Inspection Finds
Workers at a nursing home in Salisbury, North Carolina, thought they saw a man with severe cognitive disabilities grab a mouse out of the trash and then swallow the rodent,…
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More than 900 nursing home employees laid off after deadly Hurricane Ida evacuation
Hundreds of employees who worked for nursing homes that moved more than 800 residents to a makeshift shelter ahead of Hurricane Ida have lost their jobs in wake of the…
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CT Fines Long-Term Care Facilities for Not Reporting Vaccination Rates
A month after Connecticut’s vaccine mandate for workers in long-term care facilities went into effect, the state notified 26 providers that they have been fined a combined $221,000 for not…
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