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NLRB Releases Specialty Healthcare Decision

[08/31/11]

Posted on August 31, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice

Written by: Bufford, David W.

In a 3-1 decision released yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decided the Specialty Healthcare case favoring the ability of small units of employees to unionize.  Overruling the established Park Manor standard, the NLRB ruled that just the 53 CNAs at a nursing facility could organize as one collective bargaining unit.   READ MORE

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Pending NLRB Decision May Have Significant Impact on Long-Term Care

[08/30/11]

Posted on August 30, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice

Written by: Bufford, David W.

A case currently pending before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), as mentioned here, is expected to be decided and released within the next few months.  This case, Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Mobile, has been pending before the Board since December of 2010, and, if decided as expected by those following the case,... READ MORE

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