Update: nurses not supervisors.(2 National Labor Relations Board decisions on charge nurses)(The Law At Work)(Column)

From: Monthly Labor Review | Date: July 1, 1996| Author: DiCesare, Constance B. | Copyright information

Two NLRB decisions impacting 70 pending elections analyzed Section 2(11) of the National Labor Relations Act in view of the 1994 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in NLRB v. Health Care & Corp. Despite the Court's opinion that nurses should be considered supervisors, the NLRB found inadequate supervisory discretion given to charge nurses at Providence Hospital in Alaska and licensed practical nurses at Ten Broeck Commons nursing home in New York. The NLRB thus freed the 70 impounded collective bargai...

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