[sjansen]

They’re not required to stay at the old employer, they’re just not allowed to start at the new employer. Cold comfort for anyone with bills to pay, but they aren’t being targeted by the decision, just the new employer. They’re free to go find a third employer. (Which is probably how the judge sleeps at night after putting so many people in an impossible situation.)

[toomuchtodo]

Will the judge file injunctions against the next healthcare system that offers roles to ThedaCare ex employees? Where does it end? This judicial action warrants federal intervention. Otherwise we arguably don't have at will, somewhat free market employment, but instead crony capitalism feudalism ("you will work for who we allow you to work for").

Tangentially, ThedaCare's Level II Trauma accreditation (which hangs in the balance due to the departure of these workers [1]) should be re-evaluated.

[1] https://www.wispolitics.com/2022/thedacare-seeks-to-protect-...

Additional context:

> Timothy Breister, an Appleton resident and one of the seven employees involved in the systems' dispute, submitted a letter to McGinnis Friday before the hearing describing his experience.

> One of his colleagues received an offer from Ascension that was attractive "not just in pay but also a better work/life balance," which caused others on his team to apply, Breister wrote.

> After approaching ThedaCare with the chance to match the offers they'd been given, Breister wrote that they were told "the long term expense to ThedaCare was not worth the short term cost," and no counter-offer would be made.

https://news.yahoo.com/know-battle-over-fox-valley-235851212...

[andrei_says_]

So the new employer can employ them through a third party agency, right? And create said agency if needed.