August 2009 - Posts

Fire Safety & Staffing
August 26, 2009 9:47 AM by Tony DeWitt

For the most part, nursing home administrations would like to be able to make the determination about how many staff are needed for a given situation on their own without government oversight. This has always been the American way. The employer gets the Read More...

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Payday Loans in Nursing Homes???
August 25, 2009 3:36 PM by Tony DeWitt

As a consumer advocate, I have frequently written and advocated against payday loans. In Missouri, for example, where there is no law that restricts the interest rates these predatory lenders can charge, some lenders get annual percentage rates as high Read More...

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Criminal Liability for Negligent Acts
August 19, 2009 10:02 AM by Tony DeWitt

I once had a boss who said that being lazy wasn't a crime, because if it was, there would never be anyone to mind the prisons. It is human nature, sometimes, for folks to be lazy. People fail to put medication back into the refrigerator. People forget Read More...

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More on Sexual Harassment
August 14, 2009 10:58 AM by Tony DeWitt

Sexual Harassment Investigations NC is hired in December 2008. In her first week she misses work once. In her next week, she misses work twice. In her third and fourth weeks of December, she misses work 3 times. Each time she says that the absence is Read More...

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