A spokesperson for Houston-based Signature Hospitals has issued a statement to address the pending class-action lawsuit accusing the organization of shortchanging former employees by not compensating them for accrued sick leave, according to a Parkersburg News and Sentinel report.
Laura Fulton of Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, a healthcare public affairs firm, said the lawsuit was fairly new and company officials are beginning to review and investigate the issues raised. The suit claims former Signature employees of St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg, W.V., did not receive accrued sick leave after the hospital was purchased by West Virginia United Health Care System and merged with Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital, also in Parkersburg.
Ms. Fulton's statement does not address the claims in the lawsuit, but refers to the hospital's complex transaction. "Many times major choices or decisions such as the sale of the hospital operations and transfer of employees is a difficult process and is a challenge. This particular sale and transfer was both difficult and challenging because of its size and all of the moving parts," said Ms. Fulton in the report.
Read the Parkersburg News and Sentinel report on the class-action lawsuit and Signature Hospitals.
Read more about this lawsuit:
- Former Employees Accuse West Virginia Hospital of Withholding Pay For Accrued Sick Leave
Laura Fulton of Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, a healthcare public affairs firm, said the lawsuit was fairly new and company officials are beginning to review and investigate the issues raised. The suit claims former Signature employees of St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg, W.V., did not receive accrued sick leave after the hospital was purchased by West Virginia United Health Care System and merged with Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital, also in Parkersburg.
Ms. Fulton's statement does not address the claims in the lawsuit, but refers to the hospital's complex transaction. "Many times major choices or decisions such as the sale of the hospital operations and transfer of employees is a difficult process and is a challenge. This particular sale and transfer was both difficult and challenging because of its size and all of the moving parts," said Ms. Fulton in the report.
Read the Parkersburg News and Sentinel report on the class-action lawsuit and Signature Hospitals.
Read more about this lawsuit:
- Former Employees Accuse West Virginia Hospital of Withholding Pay For Accrued Sick Leave