Becker's Healthcare July 8, 2024
The federal government is targeting New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System’s inclusion of noncompete clauses in contracts for part-time physicians in a June 18 complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board.
Here are five things to know:
1. The contracts ban part-time physicians from recruiting, soliciting or inducing to terminate the employment of hospital system employees or contractors.
2. Mount Sinai must respond to the complaint, which alleges the language restrains or coerces employees, by July 16. An administrative law judge is scheduled to hear the case on Sept. 24.
3. The news comes after the Federal Trade Commission voted to ban noncompetes in April. Most recently, the ban is facing a preliminary injunction from a...