Matthew Fontana Quoted by Bloomberg Law on Health Care Staffing Solutions

Labor and employment partner Matthew Fontana spoke to Bloomberg Law about unions and labor advocates seeking to address the worker shortage through various kinds of staffing quotas, such as California and Massachusetts instituting health care staffing ratios for acute care and specialty workers.

Fontana explained that health care employers are less likely to agree to these kinds of staffing solutions either at the bargaining table or in the legislature because companies prefer to retain flexibility in their staffing levels.

“On one hand, this kind of legislation does force companies to address these issues, but on the other hand, it’s only tackling this one narrow problem and leaves more systemic issues unaddressed,” Fontana said.

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