Nursing Homes Turn to Temporary Aides during Virus Fight
Nursing homes are increasingly hiring housekeepers, waitresses, and residents’ own relatives as temporary nurse’s aides after they learn how to feed, bathe, and care for elderly and disabled residents in…
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MI Hospital, Staffing Agencies Sued for Allegedly Neglecting to Investigate Sexual Harassment by Hospital Executive
Fieger Law filed a lawsuit Friday against William Beaumont Hospital and connected talent agencies on behalf of a Beaumont employee who was allegedly sexually harassed by a Beaumont executive in…
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Brookdale Senior Living Communities to Pay $80,000 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Suit
Nationwide senior care provider Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc. will pay $80,000 and provide other relief to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
Read More »Los Angeles-Area Nursing School Agrees to Comply with Federal Law by Allowing Deaf Students to Attend Its Training Programs
Angeles Institute, a for-profit nursing school based in Artesia, has agreed to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by allowing individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing…
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Former Chief of Cardiology at Palo Alto VA Hospital Indicted for Sexual Battery of Subordinate Doctor
A federal grand jury in San Jose indicted Dr. John Giacomini for Abusive Sexual Contact. According to the indictment, Giacomini, 71, of Atherton, is alleged to have subjected the victim,…
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EEOC Sues LogistiCare Solutions and HCM Staffing for Pregnancy Discrimination
Phoenix call center LogistiCare Solutions LLC violated federal law when it fired temporary employees placed by a staffing company because they were pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)…
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Illinois Nursing Home Allegedly Hired Registered Nurse with No License
Identity theft, a misdemeanor, two felony arrest warrants, and no nursing license—that’s what should have been discovered by the Hillsboro Rehabilitation and Health Care Center when they hired 23-year-old Abigail…
Read More »Rogers Memorial Hospital Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Case
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Rogers Memorial Hospital, Inc., a Wisconsin-licensed, private, not-for-profit psychiatric system with three hospital campuses in the greater Milwaukee area (Brown Deer, Oconomowoc…
Read More »Enlivant/Assisted Living Concepts to Pay $66,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Accommodation Suit
Assisted Living Concepts, LLC, doing business as Enlivant, a national owner and operator of senior living facilities, has agreed to pay a former chef $66,000 and is making significant changes…
Read More »Arizona Company to Pay Back Wages after Denying Paid Sick Leave to Worker Whose Doctor Ordered Coronavirus Quarantine
After an investigation by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Bear Creek Electrical ― an electrical company based in Tucson, Arizona ― will pay one employee…
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