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The United States Department of Labor Targets Wage and Hour Abuses In The Residential Care Industry

December 05, 2011 21:43

On December 1, 2011, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that it will be conducting an “enforcement initiative” focused on the residential care industry in North Carolina. The residential care industry consists of group homes, long term care facilities,...

Should Nursing Homes Pay Taxes?

Ray Mullman
June 22, 2011 19:50

Iowa’s largest non-profit nursing home chain, Care Initiatives, has demanded that Iowa reclassify its homes from commercial to residential properties.  This would cut the chain’s taxes in half.  Care Initiatives offers services to more than 3,000 residents in 63...

San Antonio Jurors Sentence Reckless Driver to Probation

Bryan Fears
May 27, 2011 12:00

Three years ago, a San Antonio high school senior roared through a residential community at 70 miles per hour, more than twice the posted speed limit. At the intersection of Mission Road and East Young Avenue, the student who was just beginning his adult life, Patrick Ryan Barrera, slammed into the...

Houston Area Adult Charged with Sexual Assault of a Child

Bryan Fears
May 13, 2011 12:00

Sexual assault is always painful, tragic and unfortunate. However, it’s particularly difficult when the victim is a child and the perpetrator is a trusted adult in the community. This week, residents of Katy, Texas, are grappling with the reality that Robert Paul Gentry, 28, had sex with a...

OSHA Enforcement Directive on Fall Protection in Residential Construction to Take Effect

Brad Hammock
April 25, 2011 12:39

An OSHA compliance directive requiring contractors performing residential construction comply with the residential fall protection standard will take effect as scheduled on June 16, 2011. The Standard (29 C.F.R. § 1926.501(b)(13), Duty to Have Fall Protection) generally requires that...