Hotel Industry Employment Liability: National Labor Relations Board Orders Illinois Hotel To Rehire Employees, Restore Health Insurance Plan And Cease Refusal To Negotiate With Union

The hotel, at 636 S. Michigan Ave., was ordered by the board to offer jobs back to 14 employees who were laid off last month, and provide them with back wages, according to a news release. A board judge also ordered the hotel to restore its 2008-2009 insurance plan and pay employees to compensate for increases to health care costs that were deemed unlawful.

The hotel was also ordered to stop refusing to bargain with the union on the health care package and layoffs, the release said.

The union estimates that the lost earnings and increased benefit costs amounted to at least $250,000, the release said.

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