After years as a registered nurse, Hannah Bailey, 49, signed an at-will contract with a travel nursing company that promised to pay big dollars. At first, she said it was everything she had hoped for: The $85 an hour, plus a $1,000 weekly stipend, made it possible to afford her rent in Virginia, a mortgage back home in Georgia and still have enough left over to support her ailing mother and to help her son through law school.
Industry leaders say the pay cuts are beyond the companies' control and driven by changes made by the hospitals, which, in turn, note that it's the travel agencies that hold the contracts with the nurses. His lawsuits so far target Aya, Maxim Healthcare, NuWest Group and Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., but he said more than 100 agencies had engaged in a similar practice and that he had received documentation from nearly 450 aggrieved nurses who reported pay cuts averaging from 25% to 70%.
Bailey is reconsidering working as a travel nurse after having her pay cut 60% in the midst of a contract.All of the suits seek recovery of lost wages for the nurses, alleging that Aya and the other companies are"knowingly engaging" in the"fraudulent" practice of hiring at one rate with plans to cut pay once a nurse relocates.
The median pay for a nurse in the U.S. in 2021 was $37.31 per hour - or $77,600 per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The average rate for a travel nurse was $56 per hour with the more experienced making $82 per hour, according to NursingProcess.org, a website that provides career and educational resources to nurses.
Miller said that hospital officials informed her that they were not responsible for Miller's pay cut and said they hadn't lowered the rate they were paying to Aya. The practice of cutting pay this way could exacerbate the current nursing shortage, said Maggie Ortiz, a nurse advocate who has testified in civil court in nurse disciplinary cases.
Selfie of Carolyn Miller, who worked as a travel nurse throughout the pandemic and recently had her pay cut. She is part of a lawsuit against her travel nursing agency that alleges such rate cuts are a"bait and switch" tactic that amount to fraud."Patients need to understand that there's going to be organizations probably that close... we're seeing that there are going to be floors that are closed. They are going to be units that are closed," Ortiz said.
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One travel nursing agency notes that many nurses got mid-contract pay raises during the pandemic. Also, these are at-will contracts that can be terminated any time. They say they are only responding to cuts by hospitals. Should these nurses be able to count on pay rates?
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