OIG Inspectors Review Payroll Records for Skilled Care Nursing Facility
OIG inspectors recently reviewed payroll records from a skilled nursing facility to determine if the hours of direct care provided by licensed nursing staff were accurately reported. During the inspection,…
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EEOC Releases Annual Performance Report for Fiscal Year 2022
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released its report on the agency’s performance during the 2022 fiscal year (FY). The report highlights the EEOC’s efforts during a time…
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Federal Court Forbids Home Care Business from Intimidating Workers, Obstructing Investigation
A federal court has ordered a Brewster home care provider to stop retaliating against employees in an effort to obstruct a US Department of Labor investigation into the employers’ pay…
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US DOL Finds Mississippi Medical Center Illegally Deducted Hours Worked
Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer — a healthcare facility providing services to the Humphrey, Leflore, and Sunflower tri-counties area — automatically deducted 30-minute lunch…
Read More »EEOC Sues Alternate Solutions Health Network and Inova Home Health for Pay Discrimination
Inova Home Health, LLC (IHH), which is owned in part and managed by Alternate Solutions Health Network, LLC (ASHN), provides home healthcare coordination services to patients at the Inova Health…
Read More »Illinois Home Healthcare Provider to Pay $1.1M in Back Wages, Damages to 69 Employees
The US Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order requiring an Illinois home healthcare provider to pay 69 workers $1.1 million in back wages and damages for its…
Read More »Court Orders Pennsylvania Home Care Provider to Pay $285K in Back Wages, Damages to 23 Workers
The US Department of Labor announced that a federal court has entered a default judgment against an Aliquippa home health provider and its owner, after an investigation by the department’s…
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Owner of Residential Nursing Homes Owes $69K in Overtime, Damages to 45 Managers
A federal investigation has found the operator of three Detroit-area residential nursing centers’ pay practices denied 45 managers their full and proper wages by regularly alternating the managers’ status from…
Read More »US DOL Obtains Judgment Ordering Philadelphia-Area Home Healthcare Agency to Pay $2.3M
The US Department of Labor (DOL) announced that nearly 400 home healthcare workers will receive the wages they are owed after the DOL obtained a consent judgment ordering a Philadelphia-area…
Read More »EEOC Hearing Explores Potential Benefits and Harms of Artificial Intelligence in Employment
Today, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a public hearing to examine the use of automated systems, including artificial intelligence (AI), in employment decisions. Increasingly, employers are using…
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