Adventist Health in the News

[Gregory Matthews]

I find the following Adventist Health, legal case of interest since I have been involved in such when I represented an employee.

https://www.uniondemocrat.com/news/article_ed0f0248-b74b-11eb-b223-3b1ed3fda12c.html

 

[Rahab]

Shouldn’t these things be handled internally?

[Gregory Matthews]

Matters related to the law should be handled  externally by objective people who are not affected by the outcome.

The fundamental basis of this issue is that it is alleged that Adventist Health (the hospital) violated the civil rights of an employee.  That is reason enough to not decide the issue internally.

The binding arbitration of the employee contract is an additional factor.  Arbitration does make the decision an external one.

I am not going to opine on whether or not that provision of the employment contract should be enforced.

When I was representing employees I worked very hard to resolve the issue internally in negotiations with management.  I often succeeded.  When I was not successful my next step was to attempt to resolve by mediation.  Arbitration was my next step and I attempted to stay away from it as much as was possible.  Taking the issue before a Federal Administrative law judge was my final step.  That was very rare for me.

 

 

[Gustave]

I'll be following this one! Thanks for posting it Gregory!