A Bill for Virginia Nursing Home Staffing Standards Is Moving
After two decades of General Assembly rejections, a measure setting minimum staff standards for Virginia nursing homes is on the move.
Care Industry Compliance Initiative Recovers $500K in Back Wages, Damages for 48 Workers
An ongoing compliance initiative by the US Department of Labor found that four Sacramento-area home care providers failed to pay employees overtime as required despite…
California Adult Care Provider to Pay $690K in Back Wages, Damages to 108 Workers
A federal court has approved a consent judgment ordering a Southern California adult care provider with a history of labor violations to pay $690,696 to…
Virginia Home Healthcare Company, Owners to Pay $1.5M in Back Wages, Damages
A Chesapeake home healthcare company and its owners must pay more than $1.5 million — $759,698 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated…
US DOL Secures Judgment to Recover $3.8M in Back Wages, Damages from TriMED Healthcare
The US Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment ordering a Willow Grove home care agency that intentionally denied 433 employees full overtime wages…
EEOC Sues Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for Religious Discrimination
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA), a pediatric healthcare system in Georgia, violated federal law when it fired a maintenance assistant for requesting a religious exemption…
Atlanta Hospital Fires 4 Nurses for TikTok Video Making Fun of Patients
Emory University Hospital Midtown announced that it has fired four nurses after they posted a video making fun of hospital patients on TikTok.
Frontline Work When Everyone Is Angry
In October 2020 Dr. Adrienne Boissy, then the chief patient experience officer at Cleveland Clinic, had a big problem, and it wasn’t just Covid-19. Caregivers…
Home Healthcare Agency Settles Fraud Claims for $1.26M and Agrees to Pay $2M
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Letitia James, New York State Attorney General, announced a settlement agreement with…
Pennsylvania Care Home, Nursing Agency Sued by Staffer Following Sexual Assault Claim
A former nursing aide is suing a North Huntingdon nursing home and a Murrysville-based nursing agency claiming both firms failed to conduct an adequate criminal…