Wisconsin Hospital Sues To Keep Employees

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So a  bunch of employees at Thedacare in Wisconsin got a better offer at another hospital - Ascension. The employees asked Thedacare if they would match the offer and were told no, so they went to Ascension. Then Thedacare decided they didn't like that and went to court to stop them.  The judge issued a temporary restraining order but lifted it a couple of day later.  What blows my mind is just how totally self harming this action was by Thedacare. They had nothing to gain as it's unconstitutional to  make people work for you and now they laid out a bunch of money for lawyers and totally showed their hand as to what they really think of their employees - who should all be looking for the door. 

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What blows my mind is a judge that thinks he can control a citizen's freedom of choice in employers. How in the hell did this even get through legally? 

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APPLETON - Seven health care workers will be able to start their new jobs at Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton after a judge dismissed a temporary restraining order Monday that was barring them from doing so at the request of their former employer, ThedaCare. 

Outagamie County Circuit Court Judge Mark McGinnis ruled that ThedaCare's arguments were not enough to uphold the injunction.

McGinnis said he signed the initial restraining order Friday because of the gravity of the situation that ThedaCare laid out in their complaint. Wisconsin statute says the court should give "substantial weight" to any adverse impact on public safety when deciding what to require in the order. 

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Wisconsin health care workers will be allowed to start new jobs at Ascension after judge dismisses temporary restraining order

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12 minutes ago, chare said:

McGinnis said he signed the initial restraining order Friday because of the gravity of the situation that ThedaCare laid out in their complaint. Wisconsin statute says the court should give "substantial weight" to any adverse impact on public safety when deciding what to require in the order. 

Complete and utter BS.

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Here you go @Wuzzie, this is a fair bit of entertainment.

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Thanks for posting that. It was indeed a fair bit of entertainment. 

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1 hour ago, JKL33 said:

Here you go @Wuzzie, this is a fair bit of entertainment.

OMG. And I wonder who got paid how much to write it. Better than several of the books I’ve read lately ?

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..... ....... I am having trouble stringing together a coherent response to this that is not profanity. Let's just go with "Of all the nerve"

As I've never worked in Wisconsin I had to do a quick Google search on the labor laws there. Perhaps this is some magical state where nurses are guaranteed the hours (pay) in their employment agreements, perhaps they can't be told you are no longer employed here effective immediately....

Nope Wisconsin is a Work At Will state or Fire AT Will as it was affectionately know at one of my former places of employment. I hope this blows up and all prospective employees in that region know just how unconscionable this group is and avoid them like the plague. To use Patient Safety as a justification for treating nurses like prisoners on a working crew really is a new low.

There is no nursing shortage. There is a shortage of nurses who are willing to work under the current conditions and pay rates and about time too!!

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9 hours ago, JKL33 said:

Here you go @Wuzzie, this is a fair bit of entertainment.

LOVE IT!!!?

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They gave them a chance to match the offer but they refused. How much money did they plan on spending on the frivolous lawsuit if it went forward? Definitely more money than the employees asked for. In what other profession would this ever be a thing? I'm amazed that the judge even signed the order in the first place?

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On 1/26/2022 at 1:57 PM, Wuzzie said:

What blows my mind is a judge that thinks he can control a citizen's freedom of choice in employers. How in the hell did this even get through legally? 

It's Wisconsin.....

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On 1/26/2022 at 5:00 PM, JKL33 said:

Here you go @Wuzzie, this is a fair bit of entertainment.

That was a fun read!

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