Long Beach (N.Y.) Medical Center is facing a class-action lawsuit filed by 11 former employees, according to a Newsday report.
The former employees claim they are owed money accrued from vacation time and other benefits, according to the report. They say the money allegedly owed could be well into the millions.
LBMC has been closed since it sustained flooding damage from Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Reports from earlier this month indicated the hospital may file for bankruptcy — and, according to Newsday, it may not be able to afford to pay the funds to the disgruntled employees.
"The medical center receives very limited revenue while continuing to incur the cost of maintaining its facilities. Consequently, the medical center does not currently have the financial means to pay all of its employees their accrued vacation time," hospital officials said, according to the report.
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