On the ThedaCare Case in Wisconsin: January 24, 2022
- bjmears1
- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min read
ThedaCare is a level II trauma center, comprehensive stroke center. Ascension St Elizabeth Hospital is a Level II trauma center and primary stroke center.
Seven employees of ThedaCare wanted to leave ThedaCare. They accepted jobs as Ascension.
They worked in interventional radiology and cardiovascular team. Each was an at will employee so they were not obligated to stay for a specific time. ThedaCare was told in December that 6 of the employees were leaving and January 7th that another was leaving.
ThedaCare accused Ascension of poaching their employees.
Ascension said they applied for open positions and ThedaCare did not make counteroffers to the employees. ThedaCare requested and received a judicial order requiring them to stay at ThedaCare until the health system could find replacement employees.
On January 21, the restraining order was lifted and former ThedaCare employees are now allowed to start their new jobs
The case will continue as ThedaCare still says Ascension recruited inappropriately.
An interesting point: should a judge have issued an order not allowing an at will employee to take a new job?
And, if ThedaCare truly cannot provide adequate care without these seven employees, should their ability to provide care adequately be reevaluated by accrediting bodies?
The restraining order has been removed but the case is proceeding. Another question: if a hospital company can prevent employees from taking new jobs with better wages and benefits, how many people will be willing to accept jobs at hospital companies?
part of the court papers. “Your failure to prepare is not my personal emergency.” https://www.wpr.org/sites/default/files/ascensionbriefjan24.pdf
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