Tag: Home Healthcare Workers

Safety Concerns Are Keeping Healthcare Workers Home: Prompting Privacy and Personal Safety Can Bring Them Back

By Dimitri Shelest, OneRep Mar 25, 2022 Recruiting

Updated: Mar 25, 2022

In October 2021, the San Leandro Hospital emergency room was locked down when a visitor, upset that COVID-19 restrictions prevented him from visiting a patient, threatened to bring a gun to the California healthcare facility. The incident is emblematic of a troubling trend of more frequent and severe violent episodes at healthcare facilities. As Mawata […]

Enforcement of DOL home healthcare rule starts November 12

By Federal Employment Law Insider Nov 10, 2015 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Nov 10, 2015

by Judith E. Kramer November 12 marks the date the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will begin enforcing regulations extending the minimum wage and overtime protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to almost two million home healthcare workers who are employed by third parties and provide either companionship services or live-in care for […]