Major Ruling: Judge Orders CPMC/Sutter Health to Restore Illegally-Rescinded Healthca

Aug 12, 2009 09:08 AM

by herring_RN

allnurses Guide

Registered nurses employed by Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center (Sutter/CPMC) won a major victory over their employer, when a federal district court judge ruled that CPMC is compelled to restore health benefits retroactive to Jan. 1, 2007, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) announced today.

Several hundred RNs will receive the retroactive benefits.

Judge Charles Breyer ordered Sutter/CPMC to "restore the parties to the position they would have been at the expiration of the agreement [in 2007] had CPMC not breached the Collective Bargaining Agreement."

CPMC was twice directed during binding arbitration to restore the lawful health benefits, but ignored the orders, forcing CNA to seek court confirmation. Judge Breyer noted, "The difficulty in the current bargaining situation is partially the result of CPMC’s actions….The Court’s confirmation of the awards may affect the parties’ bargaining positions, but that is merely a consequence of CPMC’s failure to follow the arbitrator’s directive that it reinstate the CBA to the date it breached the agreement."...

http://www.calnurses.org/media-center/press-releases/2009/august/major-ruling-judge-orders-cpmc-sutter-health-to-restore-illegally-rescinded-healthcare-benefits.html?print=tm

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Major Ruling: Judge Orders CPMC/Sutter Health to Restore Illegally-Rescinded Healthca

Major Ruling: Judge Orders CPMC/Sutter Health to Restore Illegally-Rescinded Healthca

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