Workers of the now-closed Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital in Inexperienced Valley, Ariz., are looking for solutions about pay they are saying they had been promised however by no means obtained, the Arizona Every day Star reported Aug. 7.
The hospital closed June 30, leading to 315 employees shedding their jobs. The hospital introduced the closure a couple of week after issuing a Employee Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act discover, which gave hospital employees 60 days discover earlier than the mass layoff.
CEO Steve Harris beforehand informed the Arizona Every day Star that employees would obtain prolonged pay and medical insurance via Aug. 20. Workers informed the publication they had been additionally promised compensation for as much as 80 hours of unused trip pay.
Nonetheless, staff had been informed in a July termination letter that they “will now not be entitled to any additional compensation, monies or different advantages from SCVRH, together with protection underneath any advantages plans or packages sponsored by SCVRH, besides as described hereinbelow,” in response to the Arizona Every day Star.
The publication reported that staff had been additionally informed by way of that letter that their last paycheck would come with full pay, however that a number of staff mentioned solely partial pay was included and that there have been nonetheless insurance coverage withdrawals when their insurance coverage wasn’t efficient anymore. In addition they contend the paycheck excluded pay for unused trip time.
Santa Cruz Valley Regional initially issued the layoff discover after Tucson, Ariz.-based TMC Well being canceled its bid to purchase the hospital.
Lateral Funding’s Richard de Silva, and Jeremiah Foster of Resolute Industrial Companies — who was tapped to function the chief restructuring officer — didn’t reply to interview requests from the Arizona Every day Star.
Learn the total Arizona Every day Star report right here.