The following article from our colleagues on the Jackson Lewis P.C. website regarding the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision on compulsory union fees may be of particular interest to healthcare employers. Click here to be transferred directly to the link.
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United States Supreme Court Will Review Home Health Care Workers’ Challenge To Compulsory Union Fees
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The United States Supreme Court has agreed to review a Seventh Circuit decision requiring non-union Illinois home health care workers serving Medicaid recipients to pay union fees. Harris v. Quinn, No. 12-861, cert. granted 10/1/13. Pursuant to a 2009 executive order and a collective bargaining agreement, the state of Illinois and SEIU Healthcare…