November 29, 2022
A New York federal judge has confirmed an arbitrator's ruling ordering financial penalties for Premier Home Health Services Inc. over the home health agency's failure to pay workers in accordance with an earlier arbitration order.
October 17, 2022
A New York federal court should confirm an arbitrator's ruling ordering home health agency Premier Home Health Services Inc. to pay financial penalties for failing to compensate workers in accordance with an earlier arbitration order, the workers' union argued.
October 12, 2022
A federal court has blocked three home care workers from pursuing class claims against their former employer in a New York state court, ruling that the proposed class members already resolved the same wage and hour claims via arbitration in June.
June 27, 2022
A New York federal judge granted the Service Employees International Union's bid to confirm a $30 million arbitration award creating a wage fund for underpaid staff members, saying that the award is reasonable and rejecting 13 former union members' arguments to vacate it.
April 08, 2022
Twelve former Service Employees International Union members can't stop the confirmation of a $30 million arbitration award creating a wage fund for underpaid staff, a New York federal judge ruled, saying the former members failed to show how they were harmed by enforcing the arbitrator's decision.
March 16, 2022
A New York federal judge denied a bid from former Service Employees International Union members for a temporary restraining order to block an arbitration award establishing a $30 million fund to compensate underpaid staff, saying he would rule on the preliminary injunction motion later.
March 11, 2022
Former Service Employees International Union members asked a New York federal judge Friday to grant an injunction against the enforcement of an arbitration award establishing a $30 million fund to compensate underpaid staff, saying the court should hold off until the Second Circuit weighs in on the case.
March 01, 2022
A Service Employees International Union affiliate asked a New York federal judge Tuesday to uphold an arbitrator's award finding various home health care agencies underpaid staff in violation of a labor contract and establishing a $30 million fund with company contributions to pay back workers.
February 16, 2022
A pair of health care companies lost their bid to stop two former union members from pursuing their proposed wage class action in state court, a New York federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the court did not have jurisdiction over the case.
February 19, 2021
A New York federal judge has confirmed an arbitration decision covering roughly 100,000 workers that defined the reach of arbitration clauses in collective bargaining agreements between the Service Employees International Union and a group of home health care companies.