Facility Cut Staff Pay by 3%, More to Come?

morte, LPN, LVN · Jun 23, 2013

unless you have a contract or a union, they can pay you anything they want.

sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN · Jun 23, 2013

I was recently made aware that the facility I work for, or rather the corporation, cut all staff pay by 3% before I was hired on. This was after 2 years of mandatory raise freezes. I was also told by a reliable source that the corp is planning to further cut staff pay by another 6% by the end of the year due to the fact that they have to provide insurance for all. We are not offered insurance or any other benefit save for paid vacation at this time. Have any of you heard of such a thing? Is that even legal? I'm having a hard time finding legal statutes on taking pay away. We are also all required to take a full hour lunch because "census is low." We have 75 residents with 2 nurses and supposed to be 5 CNA's. (It's usually 4 lately.) This corp owns around 30 facilities, so it's not like it's a "mom and pop" kind of business. Thoughts?
(Side note: I am actively seeking employment elsewhere.)

oh so much sounds like *********

yes it is legal esp. in right to work states

on the other hand, medicare has cut reimbursement by at least 11%

and more to come with ObamaCare :roflmao:

bluegeegoo2, LPN · Jun 24, 2013

oh so much sounds like *********
yes it is legal esp. in right to work states
on the other hand, medicare has cut reimbursement by at least 11%
and more to come with ObamaCare

Wow, did I give that much away? :wideyed: And Thanks to you both for your answers. It figures it's perfectly legal to do that.

amoLucia · Jun 24, 2013

The intended definition of "benefit" is to mean "gift". So benefits are just that - 'gifts' from employers. Nobody HAS TO give you gifts.

However, if employers want to attract quality employees and stay competitive within its industry, they offer a good benefit package.

But right now, it's an 'employer's' market; not an 'employee's'. So they hold all the cards.

When someone faces economic problems, what do they do??? They ECONOMIZE! They start buying 'generic', let magazine subscriptions lapse, downgrade cable TV service, 'brown bag' it, etc.

Since your place doesn't have a whole lot of benefits to cut, what else is there to cut? Salaries & staffing numbers.

Not a pleasant future to look forward to.

bluegeegoo2, LPN · Jun 24, 2013

I agree, not a pleasant future at all. And with more cuts coming from MCR/MCD, I'm certain that wages will be taking hits again and again.

Havin' A Party!, ASN, RN · Jun 25, 2013

Last two facilities I worked at had frozen salaries. And provided no contribution to 401Ks.

BrandonLPN, LPN · Jun 26, 2013

I think it's grasping for straws to blame staff/pay cuts on Obamacare.

sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN · Jun 27, 2013

brandon, with increased cost of care, and reduced reimbursement, where do you think the differance will come from?

VANurse2010 · Jun 29, 2013

Perhaps they need to consider cutting physician pay. Physicians are compensated very, very well in the US compared to most countries. It's the hot potato nobody wants to touch.

sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN · Jun 29, 2013

physicians are not paid by the ltc, the medical director gets a token check, but physicians bill medicaid and medicare directly, they also are restricted from a reimburseable visit to once monthly....regardless of what the ltc resident need.......physicians also do not have to cover the cost of care of a ltc resident, as facility, staff salary, food otc meds, meds when a resident is skilled on medicare A, dressing, briefs and other incont. supplies....... when you cut reimbursement by 11% as medicare did to ltc last year, that is a big cut on available operation funds........

VANurse2010 · Jun 29, 2013

My comment is directed at the health care system in general. You are correct that it wouldn't have a direct effect on LTC, but that's only part of the overall market.