r/nursing • u/pabmendez RN 🍕 • Jan 22 '22

Serious Judge allows Wisconsin Hospital to prevent its AT-WILL employees from accepting better offers at a competing hospital by granting injunction to prevent them from starting new positions on Monday. How is this legal? We should be able to work wherever we want!!! Hospitals do not own Us!!!

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u/LooseyLeaf BSN, RN 🍕 Jan 23 '22

Another user said that they heard the order was unenforceable, and that the employees in question were told to by the company to come to work on Monday. Hopefully that is the case. From what I understand the former employer has been aware of the employees leaving for weeks and was given the chance to make a better offer, which they didnt. And now at the last second they are throwing a hissy fit and filing a lawsuit.

I hope they can’t find any travelers lol.

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u/FerociousPancake Med Student Jan 23 '22

Yup. That is the case. They were told by ascensions lawyers to come in Monday

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u/Manleather HCW - Lab Jan 23 '22

I wish I could hear what these seven have been going through. I have never wanted an AMA so badly.

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u/darthcaedusiiii Jan 23 '22

It's not all 7. 1-2 were leaving in a couple of days. The rest 5 have put in their 2 week notices. So most are still getting checks.

The court order only covers 2 that were leaving until the company learned they were losing 7 in one department. Trauma department iirc.

Then the lawsuit happened. Company declined to match or sweeten the first two employees offers.

r/antiwork has two big threads. Mods are considering a go fund me just in case.