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…
Tension Behind Patient-To-Nurse Staffing Ratio Highlighted By Union Initiative
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Beginning this month, the Massachusetts Nurses Association (“MNA”) initiated a signature drive to support legislation requiring hospitals to limit the number of patients cared for by individual nurses. The initiative is titled the “Patient Safety Act” and strictly would limit nurses in a medical/surgical unit to caring for 4 patients, nurses in emergency departments to…
Labor Board Approves Expedited Union Election Rules
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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has voted 2-to-1 to approve Chairman Mark Pearce’s resolution to adopt a limited number of amendments to the NLRB election process. According to the agency, the modified elections rules are intended to reduce “unnecessary pre-election litigation.”
The six amendments grant the NLRB and its hearing officers significant latitude in…