Nursing home operators Quest Healthcare Development and William Penn Health Care Associations have been hit with a proposed class action filed by a nursing staff member who claims they and similarly situated nurses have been categorically underpaid.
The 10-page suit argues that William Penn Continuing Care Campus, a Jeannette, Pennsylvania nursing home operated by Quest Healthcare Development, breached its contract with “weekend warrior” nurses, who were supposedly offered 40 hours’ worth of pay for two 16-hour weekend shifts but were not compensated in accordance with this agreement.
According to the complaint, Quest Healthcare Development and William Penn Health Care Associates advertised a nursing position that would pay four extra hours per day in an effort to fulfill staffing requirements. The case contends that the plaintiff’s contract reflected this promise:
“Employee is agreeing to work a 16-hour shift on Saturday and a 16-hour shift on Sunday. Completion of these shifts, employee will receive a Baylor pay equal to 4 hours per day, resulting in a 40 hours per week pay.”
However, the case alleges that from Spring 2020 until fall of that year, the plaintiff was paid only $16 per hour. The plaintiff’s Baylor pay was $125, which totals less than their hourly rate of $16 per hour, the complaint says.
Per the filing, Quest Healthcare Development increased the plaintiff’s hourly rate to $18.50, and Baylor pay to $135, in January 2022. The Baylor wage should have been $148...
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