On October 5, 2018, the Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will soon promulgate new regulations aimed at increasing the oversight of health care and other services provided to senior citizens and the elderly. CMS hopes the new regulations will ensure that appropriate care occurs, decrease elderly abuse…
With the onset of the 2018 hurricane season and the effects of Hurricane Irma still being felt by many, employers have a number of concerns. These concerns range from preparing facilities to determining whether a business will stay open. At some point, after decisions have been made about whether a business will…
New rules aim to prevent the catastrophe of the 2017 Hurricane Season. Beryl, Chris, and Debby are the names of the next three tropical storms this season. The first named tropical storm, Alberto, recently moved through Florida causing heavy rainfall, but largely spared buildings and human lives. The National Oceanic…
The senior living industry is growing exponentially as “baby boomers” hit retirement age. With Florida leading the nation in its percentage of residents 65 and older, projections indicate that by 2030 about 25 percent of Florida’s population will be seniors (according to data from Florida’s Office of Economic and Demographic…
If the NLRB is Santa, then Santa just left employers a Millennium Falcon under the Christmas tree. One day after issuing two well-received pro-employer decisions, the NLRB overruled one of its most detested decisions from the last eight years, E.I. du Pont de Nemours, 364 NLRB No. 113 (2016), that…