Former employees of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Parkersburg, W. Va., have filed a class-action lawsuit against its former parent company, Houston-based Signature Hospitals, alleging the system failed to pay them for accrued sick leave following the hospital’s acquisition by West Virginia United Health System, according to a Parkersburg News and Sentinel report.
Although nine former employees were listed in the suit, attorneys believe 613 former employees were not appropriately compensated by Signature. Accrued leave ranges from a few hours to more than 900, according to the report, and some employees claim they were shortchanged $25,000.
Signature announced a deal in 2010 to combine St. Joseph’s with West Virginia United Health’s Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg. The hospital is now Camden-Clark Medical Center – St. Joseph’s Campus.
Read the Parkersburg News and Sentinel report on Signature Hospitals.
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