AZ Nursing Home Chiefs under State Investigation after Republic Report
The state board that regulates nursing home administrators has opened complaints against five administrators of a Prescott nursing home after an investigation found multiple staffers were forced to work despite…
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OH Healthcare Service Provider for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Pays $92k in Overtime Back Wages to 61 Employees
While records at Journey Through Life Care Services LLC showed the Maumee healthcare service provider paid employees legally required state minimum wage plus time-and-a-half for overtime, federal investigators found the…
Read More »CA Residential Care Facilities to Pay Employees $135k in Back Wages after US DOL Finds Minimum Wage, Overtime Violations
The owner of eight residential care facilities in Modesto will pay $135,092 in back wages to 56 employees and $27,872 in civil penalties after the US Department of Labor’s Wage…
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US DOL Ends Program That Allowed Employers to Self-Report Federal Minimum Wage and Overtime Violations
The US Department of Labor today announced that the immediate end of its Payroll Audit Independent Determination program launched by the department’s Wage and Hour Division in 2018. The program…
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NY Nursing Homes Struggle with Severe Staffing Shortages Amid COVID Outbreaks
Nursing homes in parts of New York hit worst by this winter’s COVID-19 surge say they’re struggling to find enough staff as workers have gotten sick or needed to quarantine.
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FL Assisted Living & Memory Care to Pay $39,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
An assisted living facility in Eustis, Fla., will pay $39,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the…
Read More »EEOC Issues Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Performance Report
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it secured a record amount of recovery for victims of discrimination while continuing to provide vital services to the public…
Read More »Commission Approves Revised Enforcement Guidance on Religious Discrimination
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) approved revisions to EEOC’s Compliance Manual Section on Religious Discrimination (“Manual”). The Manual was approved by the Commission on January 15th by a…
Read More »EEOC General Counsel Issues Report on Dialogue Sessions on Religious Discrimination With Agency Stakeholders
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) General Counsel Sharon Fast Gustafson and Commissioner Andrea Lucas today issued a report on a series of dialogue sessions on religious discrimination held…
Read More »EEOC Schedules 2021 Openings of EEO Data Collections after Delay Due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
After delaying the opening of the 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 and the 2020 EEO-3 and 2020 EEO-5 Data Collections on May 8, 2020 in light of the COVID-19 public health…
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