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EEOC settles first case alleging genetic information bias

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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May 15 2013

Last week the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) settled its first lawsuit involving a discrimination claim based on an applicant's

Hospital required to provide union with information relating to strike replacements

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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April 16 2013

A National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") recently held that Petaluma Valley Hospital violated the National Labor Relations

Circuit court affirms healthcare facilities' single employer status under NLRA

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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April 15 2013

The Third Circuit recently upheld the National Labor Relations Board's finding that a separately organized nursing home facility is properly

Hospital defeats class certification of meal and rest break claims

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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April 12 2013

Attempts to certify classes of employees in lawsuits against healthcare industry employers continues to be a growing trend. In yet another such case

Hospital employee properly fired for failure to disclose drug abuse, Third Circuit finds

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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April 5 2013

Although former drug addicts are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Third Circuit recently held that a hospital legitimately

Federal court decertifies another auto-deduct meal break case against a healthcare provider

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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February 14 2013

Building upon a growing body of case law finding automatic-deduction meal break claims are not suitable for class or collective action treatment (see

Vegan hospital worker’s flu vaccination refusal may be protected religious belief

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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January 14 2013

The Supreme Court and Title VII's expansive view of "religion" is well illustrated by Chenzira v. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, in

Take two of these: court upholds combined hospital bargaining units under the NLRB’s health care rule

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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December 4 2012

On November 2, 2012, in San Miguel Hospital Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board, No. 11-1198, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected a New Mexico hospital’s contention that a “wall-to-wall” bargaining unit comprised of both professional and non-professional employees was an inappropriate unit for collective bargaining

Eleventh Circuit rules licensed practical nurses are supervisors, providing strong ammunition to long-term healthcare facilities

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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October 25 2012

On October 2, 2012, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the National Labor Relations Board's decision that licensed professional nurses (LPNs) employed at a long-term health care facility were not supervisors under the National Labor Relations Act

Class certification of home health clinicians’ misclassification claims denied

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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October 23 2012

In a class and collective action against a national home healthcare company, a federal district court recently denied class certification of the plaintiffs’ state law misclassification claims, finding the claims were too individualized and that proceeding as a class action would render the case unmanageable

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