ALJ Backs Hospital’s Right to Delay Returning Strikers to Work

ALJ Backs Hospital’s Right to Delay Returning Strikers to Work

ALJ Backs Hospital’s Right to Delay Returning Strikers to Work An NLRB administrative law judge recently confirmed that a California hospital system had the right to keep replacement workers on the job for the duration of its contractual commitment to a staffing agency even though striking employees were ready to return to work. The case, In re Sutter Valley Hospitals,1 clarifies the legality of arrangements that healthcare employers commonly ma…