District court sides with DOL in dispute over whether healthcare providers are government contractors *

USA - April 18 2013
In a significant victory for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently found providers of…

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SEIU strikes at providence St. Peter: unions and employers jockey for position in advance of key Affordable Care Act changes *

USA - March 21 2013
Recently, employees represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) went on strike at Providence St. Peter Hospital (P.S.P. Hospital)…

Co-authors: John J. McGowan, Jr.

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NLRB upsets a generation of employer practice developed to prevent and remedy misconduct in the workplace *

USA - January 24 2013
Much has been written about how in 2012 the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) took aim at employer efforts to address tools of the new millennium…

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Is a hospital an employee forum? According to the NLRB . . . maybe *

USA - October 12 2012
In December 2011 and July 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued two decisions making it more difficult for employers to limit off-duty access to working areas.

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Are charge nurses supervisors? Sixth Circuit decision is cautionary tale for employers *

USA - August 16 2012
Over the past decade, the status of the charge nurse has been the subject of a great deal of uncertainty under the National Labor Relations Act (the Act).

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