Hi, I need some advise from the people who are familiar with labor laws. (sorry it's
so long)
Our hospital is undergoing restructure and job cuts---and this is the scenario.
We have 2 mds coor and 1 intake coor. hospital based skilled unit. Last week one of us
was told our position would be cut by �. and that we would not be able to bump out
into the floor nurse population regardless of seniority, due to our job
classification. When we had taken these positions we were told that they were lateral
moves, with the same pay scale as the floor RN and that we were in the same job
class----also in the past (as late as 2 years ago) during restructure we were always
placed in seniority with the floor staff. So today when I was trying to explain to
our new nurse manager that we have always been considered equal, she investigated and
then the VP of the hospital and the manager came to tell us that we were not in the
floor nurse classification anylonger and also that our pay schedule was lower.. This
information had never been shared with any of us, they then handed us our papers when
we changed jobs and the one person's job transfer stated "lateral move" and it is
the first time I had ever seen my sheet that was headed "employment status change"
that was totally filled out by my old head nurse. None of us had been informed of this
reclassification and we were all working with the knowledge that our jobs are fairly
secure, and 2 of use are in the top five in seniority. 28 years and 19 years. Now we
find out that if they close our skilled unit we are unable to bump into a floor
position and will be out the door, or apply for a posted position. So my question is
do we have any rights since we were never informed of the changes. We do plan to file
a letter with the head of Human Resources also stating that we were not informed of
our job class change or pay change. Thanks for your input.
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