Labor Relations In Health Care

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Chapter 20 gives one and overview of Labor relations and how it pertains to the healthcare system.
Giving and overview of the things that healthcare facilities have to endure on a daily basis when it pertains to the welfare of the patients and rights to services whether the medical staff is undergoing problems within the healthcare sector of their employment. In 1935, Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act also known as the Wagner Act to define the conduct of employers and their employees in response to unfair labor practices providing hearings regarding complaints within that particular scope of practice (p 474). The following two review questions give emphasis on some things that were addressed in this Chapter 20 not everything that was discussed but just the ones regarding the NLRA and the right that patients have in regards to strikes.
2. Using the hospital as a setting give two examples of what would violate the National Relations Labor Act (NRLA). …show more content…

Giving the employees the right to establish a union to bargain collectively over hours, there rate of pay and working conditions that are deemed necessary for a healthcare worker to perform there required duties. This representative is one that the employees has chosen to engage in strikes, picketing and other problems that arise giving aid and protection (Cibull, S.J., 2009). In doing so there can be no retaliation from the employer to the employee that is exercising their rights that are stated by this particular law. A hospital can violate the National Relations Labor Act by doing the

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