Hearing on Employee Classification
May 8th, 2007 by Jesse LeeToday the Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions held a hearing, “Are NLRB and Court Rulings Misclassifying Skilled and Professional Employees as Supervisors?” Artificially classifying employees in categories such as “supervisor” is a technique often used to avoid affording employees certain benefits, such as overtime pay.
Subcommittee Chairman Rob Andrews: “The topic of today’s hearing is what I would call a Bermuda Triangle for workers’ rights in our country.” |
Lori Gay, Registered Nurse: “According to the regional director’s decision, 64 out of 153 nurses at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center in 2002 were supervisors, including myself. All the RNs in the neonatal and intensive care unit were declared to be supervisors, essentially supervising each other on a rotating basis. In the inpatient rehab unit, 10 of the 12 RNs were declared to be supervisors. In the newborn nursery, 10 of the 12 RNs were also declared to be supervisors…” |