9th Cir. Gives NLRB Partial Win in Hospital Pandemic Pay Dispute

A federal appellate court largely affirmed the National Labor Relations Board’s finding that three California hospitals violated federal labor law by making unilateral changes to pay and benefits for unionized employees during the Covid-19 pandemic without first bargaining with their union.

Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center, West Hills Hospital & Medical Center, and Riverside Community Hospital unlawfully sidestepped an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union when they implemented pandemic pay programs in 2020, despite being required to provide advance notice and bargain with Local 121RN over worker benefits, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled ...