Victory! New Mandatory Overtime Law for Nurses in NY!

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After 6 years of lobbying, letter-writing, petition-signing, 1199SEIU nurses are celebrating a huge victory for nurses and patients in New York State.

This afternoon, the New York State Senate, Assembly, and Governor Paterson announced a three-way agreement on a new law to restrict the use of mandatory overtime for direct care RNs and LPNs to emergencies.

The new law will take effect in July 2009, and covers a broad array of health care settings in NY: hospitals, nursing homes, mental health facilities, and many more!

Great work everyone! For several years now, 1199SEIU has been working in coalition with other unions that represent nurses in New York State.:loveya:

Specializes in nursing home.

I really wish they would try to pass the law for CNA's because I am died tired at the end of my shift. I am a full time mother of 5 and I work full time and I work 2:30 pm to 10:30 pm so I don't see my kids now and if I worked over all I would want to do is sleep.Alot of aides at my work feel the same way.

Specializes in Med-Surg, ED.

How does this affect nurses who are required to take a certain number of on-call hours? Will they do away with call time?

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