Here are seven recent lawsuits involving nurses:
- Birmingham, Ala.-based UAB Medicine worked its nurses more than 40 hours per week without paying overtime, a recent lawsuit alleges.
- A nurse is suing Exeter (N.H.) Hospital, claiming she was wrongfully terminated and denied a religious exemption over her refusal to get a flu vaccine, according to court documents.
- Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit that accuses the system of charging some unvaccinated employees more for health insurance.
- A hospital nurse who was fired after a violent assault from a patient won her case to gain unemployment benefits following a court ruling in Iowa.
- The Department of Labor filed a complaint against Advanced Care Staffing and its CEO alleging they forced employees to pay back earned wages if they quit early.
- Longmont (Colo.) United Hospital, part of Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health, illegally held back pay and benefit increases to unionized nurses amid their representation election appeal, a National Labor Relations Board judge found.
- A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a staffing executive at three home health agencies in Las Vegas with participating in a conspiracy to fix nurses' wages.