US DOL Announces Proposed Rule on Classifying Employees, Independent Contractors
The US Department of Labor will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Oct. 13 to help employers and workers determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent…
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Experts Question How Nursing Homes Will Pay for More Staff Amid Anticipated Minimum Staffing Mandate
As the long-term care sector continues to face a historic labor crisis, experts are questioning how the proposed mandate would address staffing shortages without resources or support.
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Court Orders Chesapeake Healthcare Company to Pay $703K in Overtime Back Wages, Damages
The US Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment to recover $703,609 in back wages and liquidated damages for 38 employees denied overtime pay by a Chesapeake home healthcare…
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EEOC Sues Heartfelt Home Healthcare Services for Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination
A home healthcare services company in northwest Pennsylvania violated federal law by firing an employee because she was pregnant and because of her disability, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
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EEOC Sues Thomas B. Finan Center for Equal Pay Act Violations
The Maryland Department of Health’s Thomas B. Finan Center in Cumberland, a state residential psychiatric care center, has been violating federal law by paying its sole male Therapeutic Recreator more…
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US Department of Labor Obtains Judgment to Recover $9.3M in Back Wages, Damages for 1,756 Workers
The US Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment that will recover $9.3 million in back wages and liquidated damages for 1,756 employees of a Philadelphia healthcare staffing company…
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Kansas Nursing Homes Are Closing Because They Can’t Find Enough Workers
Kansas finds itself in a budding nursing home crisis as a lack of workers and money troubles forced dozens of nursing homes and assisted living centers to close their doors…
Read More »Nursing Facility Employee Says Weekend Staff Were Underpaid and Targeted with False Advertising
A nursing home employee alleges that the managing companies of the facility have engaged in false advertising and categorical underpayment of their “Weekend Warrior”-level staff.
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West Virginia Ambulance Services Business Owner Indicted for Tax Crimes
A federal grand jury in Charleston, West Virginia returned an indictment charging a Pineville man with willful failure to pay over employment taxes and obstructing the IRS’s collection efforts. According…
Read More »EEOC Sues Elderwood at Burlington for Racial Harassment
98 Starr Road Operating Co., LLC, doing business as Elderwood at Burlington, a large long-term care facility located in Burlington, Vermont, violated federal law by allowing black nurses and nurse…
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