In a lawsuit, Temple Health nurses say managers discouraged them from documenting overtime, a sign of escalating tensions during union contract negotiations.
Two nurses at the outpatient clinics associated with Temple University Hospital filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming they weren't paid overtime.A lawsuit over overtime filed last week by the nurses who staff the outpatient clinics of Temple University Hospital suggests tensions are escalating as their union and the health system’s management negotiate a new contract.
The litigation comes as Temple nurses’ previous 3-year contract expired on Sep. 30, and the two sides are far from agreeing on key points, including nurses’ demands for increased staffing, members of the union bargaining team said. Nurses, techs decry Temple Hospital decision to move the employee health clinic from its main campus.increased. Administrative tasks — such as typing notes into patient charts and getting prior-authorization for prescriptions from insurance companies — have become impossible to complete during their shift hours, leaving many to work off the clock.
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