Catalog Number : agn1589
Title : Recent Changes in Employment & Steps You can Take to Protect Your Hospital
Speaker : Kevin Troutman

Webplay Recording Date : 4-21-2009
Webplay Price : $ 195 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Overview:

Big labor has targeted health care for organizing in 2009. But no matter what happens in Washington, you can implement effective measures to preserve your hospital’s union-free environment. Learn how to safeguard your employees and workplace, even if the Employee Free Choice Act, RESPECT Act or other actions title the playing field in favor of the unions. In this program we will review the current legal environment, discuss effective preventive strategies and examine “real world” scenarios that your supervisors are likely to encounter.

Target Audience: 

• Chief Executive Officers
• Chief Nurse Executives
• Human Resource Executives
• Hospital Board Members
• In-House Counsel

Webinar Objectives:

• Understand the current status of legislative initiatives that will affect their hospital’s vulnerability to union organizing
• Be prepared to recognize and respond to the warning signs of union activity
• Understand what supervisors can and cannot say to employees about unionization
• Be prepared to develop an action plan to safeguard their facility

Contact Hours: 

This course has been approved for 1.8 Iowa Nursing Contact Hours. There is usually a reciprocal agreement between state associations to allow these to count for each state. If you have any questions, please ask your state association.