title: A case in point: "catch-all" clause protects nurses' rights.
abstract: Contracts are restrictions of management rights, containing specific language that details what the employer may do in different situations and setting forth various benefits and rights of the employees. In the absence of that specific language, employers are generally allowed wide latitude by arbitrators in the exercise of their management rights. In the following case, we will see how MNA used a specific "catch-all" clause in a contract to protect the rights of nurses to the scheduled hours and work locations for positions they had signed, despite the attempt of the employer to make significant changes.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008824:Michigan; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D012956:Societies, Nursing