Group One Blacklisting in Texas

[EstherMichael]

Hello to everyone! I was recently placed on the legalized loophole blacklist entitled "GROUP ONE." An HCA facility has retaliated against me for being a whistleblower. I have a lawsuit against them and it's been going on for a little over a year. Anyway, i would like to know if anyone would like to join me in putting a stop to this type of employer abuse. Many careers have been ruined over this group one entity. If your boss submits your name and negative comments regarding your termination, no hospital in DFW will hire you unless they are desperate. In the event that you do get hired you will be treated like crap and will be under constant surveillance. Isn't there a nursing shortage? Let's do the math...nursing shortage percentage? total amount (%) of nurses on the blacklist and blackballed? hmm...curious? me too. I will be fighting this by myself or with all of the nurses out there who have been a victim of this type of retaliation. All the nurses in Texas should fight against this regardless if you are on this list or not. Things could change for you tomorrow. These hospitals are bullies and sometimes it takes just one person to get the ball rolling...I guess I have hired myself for the job. This abuse is so ridiculous and makes me embarrassed to be a nurse in Texas. If you are a bad nurse...dangerous...incompetent that would be a legitimate reason to have issues finding employment or having this information on your group one report. The State Board will handle your situation. In my case, because i refused to resign my director was forced to terminate me. He gave me the option to resign and NOT be placed on group one/blacklisted. He also stated that if he had to terminate me then he would have to submit the reasons for my termination on a group one report/therfore being blacklisted. This is career suicide and you can say bye bye to working at any hospital here in DFW. The point is that this service is used maliciously by employers and has spiraled out of control. Please share your experience with group one or employer threats regarding group one.

[MotherbabyRN]

EstherMichael said:

UPDATE 11 YEARS LATER

Hello Everyone! It is now 2023 and I don't think that I've logged in for at least the past 11 years. 

I changed my username from Imfunnyfool777 to EstherMichael tonight. 

I sued HCA in 2011 for wrongful termination, retaliation via false statements on my group one report. After 2.5 to 3 years, they eventually settled $$$ out of court and were ordered to remove the bold faced lie labeled as "misconduct" from my report.  Once I was taken off their BS "blacklist",  I never had any further issues. The attorney that represented me worked on contingency fee. I am truly shocked to learn that these evildoers are still at it with HCA STILL being the main offenders. It's disgusting.

So how's it going for everyone nowadays :D

Hey, I'm glad you got it all worked out in your favor. I just quit a DFW HCA today after only 3 months in my residency. I accepted another non hospital job with a 25% pay increase so how could I say no? My manager threatened/“informed" me that I would be blacklisted and it would affect future employment at other hospitals. Jokes on her, I never plan on working in a hospital again, and certainly not in DFW. Now I just have to worry about the $7,500 in training fees they're going to come after me for. Another threat from my manager ? Yup, the scheming is still very much alive at HCA!

[EstherMichael]

Hi! Did you record (via audio or email)any of your conversation with this manager? How long ago did this happen? I'm in DFW too. Thanks for the update. Send me an email if you'd like because I have some advice for you on how to possibly beat them at their own game.  The hospitals have now become the "killing fields", depending on how much people know about the truth behind C0vid. I'll never work in a hospital again either! 

[EstherMichael]

blu1040 said:

contact me at [email protected]. I would like to know the status and your plan to get the 'blacklist' stopped. I'm armed and ready to help

I sued them and they settled. See my update. 

[Tt_]

I know  this is late but how do you find out if you are on this list ? is this still used? what are the ramifications of this blacklist? Why would the employer benefit from using this?