As #MeToo and #TimesUp initiatives sweep the nation, the healthcare industry should pay attention. Recent nationwide media attention on sexual harassment in healthcare, coupled with stressful work environments, means healthcare employers have their share of workplace issues. However, healthcare employers have a unique opportunity to make meaningful culture change happen now – both in the … Continue Reading
Healthcare employers may be interested in a recent post on the Jackson Lewis LLP Workplace Resource Center addressing lawful investigation rules. Click here for more information.… Continue Reading
The National Labor Relations Board announced on March 12, 2013, that it will not seek en banc rehearing of Noel Canning v. NLRB et al., Nos. 12-1115 and 12-1153 (D.C. Cir. Jan. 25, 2013), in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the President’s January 4, 2012 recess … Continue Reading
Despite the yet-unanswered question of the validity of NLRB rulings since President Obama’s “Recess Appointments” in January 2012, healthcare employers should be aware of several recent decisions that will affect the industry. In Alan Ritchey, the Board held for the first time that, where a collectively bargained grievance and arbitration system does not exist, as … Continue Reading
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled in Noel Canning v. NLRB et al., Nos. 12-1115 and 12-1153 (D.C. Cir. Jan. 25, 2013), that President Obama’s “Recess Appointments” of three new NLRB members in January 2012 were unconstitutional and, as a result, the Board lacked any constitutional authority to … Continue Reading
