6th Circuit Says Nursing Home RNs are Supervisors and Not in Union Bargaining Unit

This is good news for employers – especially those in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, and Tennessee. If you want to help insulate RNs (or other employees) from unionizing, allow them to give a written memorandum that causes the initiation of a step in a disciplinary policy (written warning). This qualifies as “discipline” under the National Labor…
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Recent Supreme Court Ruling on Who is a Supervisor Does Not Affect Supervisor Test Under National Labor Relations Act

By now you have heard that the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that an employee is a supervisor when the employer has empowered that worker “to take tangible employment actions against the victim,” including hiring, firing, failing to promote, reassignment, or some other action causing a significant change in employment status. See, Vance v. Ball…
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