This is an important development for health care employers, as well as those companies tied to the health care industry. A government report issued this week says HIPAA enforcement is not sufficient to protect electronic protected health information and recommends more audits. The result may be more “compliance reviews,” audits, for covered entities and business
May 2011
NLRB Issues Complaint Against California Nurses Association For Interfering with Employees’ Rights and For Failing to Bargain
By Ana C. Shields on
Posted in Labor
On April 29th the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint against the California Nurses Association (CNA) for interfering with and coercing employees in their right not to engage in union activity, as well as for altering employees’ terms and conditions of employment without the employer’s agreement or consent. After negotiating a contract…
Rule 23(f)’s Fourteen Day Window Is “Rigid And Inflexible” Court Tells RNs.
By Ana C. Shields on
Posted in Class Actions, Limitations Periods
On May 3, 2011, the Second Circuit rejected an appeal by a group of Registered Nurses (“RNs”) of the partial denial of their motion for class certification. In a case pending since 2006, the RNs contend that certain hospitals in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan area conspired to depress salaries in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act…