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Published Sep 13
NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN
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Wage issue involves Bayada's private duty nurses.
Bayada Home Health Care settled nurses' wages class action lawsuit for $13.5 million
The settlement, if approved by a judge, will cover nearly 11,000 Bayada nurses in Pennsylvania.
Quote Bayada Home Health Care Inc., one of the nation's largest home care providers, agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit in Philadelphia alleging the company failed to pay nurses for time spent updating the incoming nurse or caregiver on a patient's condition and for time spent in mandatory training sessions.... ...An expert report included in the nurses' pretrial memorandum estimated that Bayada underpaid nearly 11,000 Pennsylvania nurses by $30.8 million since August 2013.
Bayada Home Health Care Inc., one of the nation's largest home care providers, agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit in Philadelphia alleging the company failed to pay nurses for time spent updating the incoming nurse or caregiver on a patient's condition and for time spent in mandatory training sessions....
...An expert report included in the nurses' pretrial memorandum estimated that Bayada underpaid nearly 11,000 Pennsylvania nurses by $30.8 million since August 2013.