[10/13/11]
Posted on October 13, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
Representative John Kline of Minnesota introduced the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act last week in response to recent NLRB actions affecting employers. One aspect of this Bill is the reversal of the NLRB’s Specialty Healthcare decision which altered the established standard for determining collective bargaining units in non-acute care health facilities. READ MORE
Tags: bufford, Collective bargaining, jent, kline, Litigation and Risk Management, long term care, meek, NLRB, selby, specialty healthcare, Union, unit, workforce democracy and fairness act, workforce domocraxy and fairness act
[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
Tags: bufford, cna, Collective bargaining, community of interest, jent, Litigation and Risk Management, long term care, meek, NLRB, park manor, selby, specialty healthcare, Union
[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
Tags: bufford, care, community of interest, facility, home, jent, job classification, Litigation and Risk Management, long term care, long-term, majority, meek, NLRB, nursing, selby, specialty healthcare, Union, unionization, vote
