Puerto Rico Hospital Overtime Rule Change Unlawful, NLRB Says

The National Labor Relations Board has applied its new standard for employers changing workplace policies in a case against a Puerto Rico hospital.

The board found that Hospital Español Auxilio Mutuo de Puerto Rico, Inc. unlawfully changed overtime policies for its unionized registered nurses, utilizing its doctrine set in Endurance Environmental Solutions for the first time.

With Endurance, the board struck down a Trump-era policy of giving employers more leeway in changing workers’ terms and conditions of employment. The December ruling returned NLRB precedent to the previous “clear and unmistakable waiver” standard, which only allows unilateral changes when a ...