Virginia Bill Seeks to Clarify Workers’ Rights for Pregnant, Lactating Employees
For employees who are pregnant or lactating, their workers’ rights are sometimes viewed as vague and can be difficult to discern for them and business…
Residents in Texas Nursing Home Evacuated with Some Hospitalized After Exposure to Carbon Monoxide
The city’s fire department was called and dispatched to a Texas nursing home around 11 a.m. in early February to investigate potential presence of carbon…
Michigan Nursing Home Worker Charged with Abusing 91-Year-Old Woman
Security cameras were rolling at the Advantage Living Center as the worker manhandled the 91-year-old resident, according to authorities.
Hackensack Meridian Faces Breach Lawsuit after Ransomware Attack
Hackensack Meridian Health, one of the largest health systems in New Jersey, is facing a class-action lawsuit, following a ransomware attack that drove the provider…
Justice Department Settles with Staffing Company to Resolve Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims
The Department of Justice announced that it reached a settlement with Chancery Staffing Solutions LLC (Chancery Staffing), a legal staffing company headquartered in New York,…
FDA Takes Action with Indian Government to Protect Consumers from Illicit Medical Products
The US Food and Drug Administration announced that its first bilateral enforcement operation with the Government of India, stopped approximately 500 shipments of illicit, and…
Virginia Healthcare Facility Faces Wrongful Death Suit
A New Market healthcare facility is preparing to fend off a $1.5 million lawsuit alleging it failed to take adequate care of a resident admitted…
Multiple Texas Nursing Homes Found Deficient in Emergency Preparedness and Life Safety
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently reported finding 18 of the 20 Texas nursing homes involved in its onsite inspections to be deficient in…
Wrongful Death Lawsuit against State Representative and Her Company Settles out of Court
A wrongful death case brought against a Washington state representative and her senior care business has settled out of court.
Georgia Nursing Home Company Fined $100,000 and Banned from Doing Business in Kansas for 10 Years
A Georgia nursing home company has been banned from doing business in Kansas for 10 years and fined $100,000 for failing to protect patient and…