Within days two RN s, whom also spoke up about poor patient care, are issued disciplinary actions based on false allegations. The three RN s file a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. The report also faulted administrators for failing to correct unsafe practices identified by the DPH until further intervention by the investigators. Within a year, the DPH investigates two more patient incidents at the facility and issue more deficiencies. A two day hearing is held in Boston before federal Administrative Law Judge Arthur Amchan for the National Labor Relations Board.
Documentation is presented to the judge.
Two days of testimony is heard by the three staff nurses and the Director of Nursing, as well as, the Human Resource Director of the facility. This complaint is filed ten months after he was fired and four months after the NLRB hearing. The Director of Nursing s testimony was unreliable, according to the judge. The nurses are ordered reinstated with all back pay. All records of the punitive actions are ordered removed and all past and present employees are to be notified of his decision.