Nurses had no right to union representation in their hospital employer’s peer review committee proceedings, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled. Midwest Division – MMC, LLC, dba Menorah Medical Center v. NLRB, No. 15-1312 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 18, 2017). The Court, however, found the hospital violated the National

A hospital violated the National Labor Relations Act when it changed its dress policy without first giving the union representing its nurses an opportunity to bargain and by failing to provide information the union requested regarding the policy, a National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge has found in Salem Hospital Corporation a/k/a The Memorial Hospital of Salem County, Case No. 04-CA-097635 (Sept. 10, 2013).
Continue Reading Hospital Commits Unfair Labor Practice by Unilaterally Changing Dress Policy and Failing to Respond to Union’s Information Request

A hospital that failed to supply relevant information to the union representing its nurses concerning the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the hospital’s business has committed unfair labor practices in its CBA negotiations with the union, NLRB Administrative Law Judge Jay Pollack has ruled.  Sutter East Bay Hospitals d/b/a Sutter Delta