Hiltzik: When a medical team quit, this hospital sued to force them to keep working
It’s hardly a secret that American labor law and workplace practices are designed for the benefit of employers, not workers.
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It’s hardly a secret that American labor law and workplace practices are designed for the benefit of employers, not workers.
A group of seven health care specialists were temporarily blocked by a Wisconsin judge’s court order from leaving ThedaCare and starting new jobs at a competing hospital chain.
Workers can start new jobs at an Ascension location in Wisconsin after a county court dismissed a temporary restraining order. Cliff Hawkins/Getty
A Wisconsin judge on Monday lifted his prior order that temporarily barred seven health care workers from leaving their hospital in Neenah, Wisconsin, for new jobs in Appleton, Wisconsin.
A major health system, ThedaCare, argued in court that its workers were so essential they couldn’t leave.