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This document outlines the timeline and decisions regarding Unfair Labor Practice (UFLP) charges against Beverly Healthcare from 1986 through 2001. It covers key dates including ALJ decisions and board orders, highlighting the centralized management structure and policies that limited managerial authority. The analysis indicates significant corporate oversight of labor relations, with grievances elevated to regional levels and a rapid response to unionization efforts. The document concludes with factors supporting corporate-wide remedies due to numerous facilities involved in the alleged violations.
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Notice Time Frame • 1993 – Board decision on UFLP charges from 1986-88 (Beverly I) • 1994 – ALJ decision on UFLP charges from 1991 complaint (Beverly II) • 1995 – ALJ decision on UFLP charges from 1993 complaint (Beverly III) • 2000 – court decision • 2001 (July 23) –Board Order, 334 N.L.R.B. No. 79
One Integrated Employer • Centralized Structure • Beverly's hierarchical management structure • Policy of limiting the authority of area and individual facility managers by overall corporate standards • central oversight of labor relations functions • labor grievances bump up to the regional level at step three • Beverly dispatches regional human resources personnel to individual facilities the minute a union organizational effort begins.
Authority of Board • Board may use corporate-wide relief • when evidence suggests unfair labor practices at numerous facilities • centralized management structure
Factors Supporting Corporate-Wide Remedy • Number of facilities involved • 20 mentioned in case • 54 overall (of 895) • Percentage of facilities • 6% of all facilities • 15% of unionized facilities • Deep involvement of area (regional) managers at the facility • Recidivism (repeated violations)