October 01, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice is backing a proposed class action from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center workers who say the hospital used noncompetes and blacklists to suppress wages, telling a Pennsylvania federal judge that UPMC's motion to dismiss the suit sets an "insurmountable" pre-discovery bar for plaintiffs.
January 19, 2024
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center was hit with a proposed class action Thursday accusing it of an "an overarching anti-competitive scheme" involving a "draconian system" to trap workers in jobs with suppressed pay and heightened workloads in a bid to maintain its dominance in the region.