Mount Sinai boasts an extensive team of medical specialists and research facilities, from primary care physician offices and specialist physician practices, multi-specialty centers, home healthcare support and hospice services, cardiac/vascular programs; oncology treatment centers; transplant surgery programs as well as state-of-the-art imaging centers featuring 3T MRI technology to comprehensive outpatient clinical laboratories – not to mention its state-of-the-art imaging centers offering 3T MRI technology – offering patient care as well as tax deferred investments options through its TIAA Cref retirement plan.
The Hospital offers a defined benefit pension plan, which offers retirees with a monthly retirement benefit at a specified age. This benefit is calculated using an extensive formula which takes into account years of service, salary information and other variables. As long as healthcare costs stay below the defined benefit ceiling, retirees do not need to contribute into this plan, while any increases are passed on as costs go up.
Mount Sinai Hospital notified Zellin in January 2002 of an increase in retiree healthcare premiums to cover anticipated costs. When receiving this notice, Zellin contacted Shirley Herdoiza Alban (“Alban”) of their Human Resources Department to inquire further into this increase. Alban explained that as part of its defined benefit pension plan, Mount Sinai had to pass along increased healthcare costs like premium increases for retiree health coverage to employees such as Zellin as part of an effort to offset rising expenses.
This clause in union contracts codifies recognition and represents of the Union by Mount Sinai; makes clearer their rights of Postdocs to collective bargain regarding terms and conditions of employment; establishes their right to receive relevant information regarding Mount Sinai policies and procedures as well as any changes proposed that could impact work done by Postdocs; provides clarity regarding collective bargaining regarding terms and conditions of employment; establishes the Union’s right to receive such information and to be informed of proposed policy changes that could impact on Postdocs; ensures they receive notification about proposed policy changes that could impact work done by Postdocs; establishes their rights to receive relevant information concerning policies that affect work undertaken by Postdocs represented by them and ensures any proposed changes impactful to existing policies that could impacted on Postdocs represented by them; ensures informed decision-making on these policies as it provides Mount Sinai with clear understanding about rights granted Postdocs engage in collective bargaining; establishes right of access to relevant information regarding policies or procedures that could impacted upon Postdocs engaged in collective bargaining regarding terms and conditions of employment; ensures Mount Sinai is informed about any proposed changes that might impact upon Postdocs’ work as it ensures updates with regards to proposed changes proposed changes that could impact Postdocs who could impact them by way of updating any changes proposed that could impact them through other means than being kept up-to-dates can impacts can help avoid surprises when making changes which impact negatively on Postdocs that could potentially impact on Postdocs’ employment rights to collectively bargain for collective bargaining when collectively bargaining on terms that might impact Postdoc collective bargaining when collectively bargaining terms of any changes proposed policy changes proposed changes made which could impact postdocs have made aware & provided or changes made that could impacting which could relating policies that could altering collective bargaining collectively bargain.
Provide for mediation, arbitration or other dispute resolution in the event that an issue cannot be settled through mutual agreement between the parties. This provision aims to avoid strikes, lockouts or any other drastic workplace actions which might disrupt patient care or the operations of an institution.
Mount Sinai will continue its good faith efforts in 2022 to resolve issues regarding Postdocs without resorting to arbitration or legal action, consistent with what was done during our NLRB case; reiterates the importance of upholding high ethical standards when conducting research on vulnerable populations; and establishes new job-related provisions for international researchers:
Mount Sinai will reimburse Postdocs up to $1,250 in travel costs related to renewing visa stamps; make reasonable accommodations available should an emergency prevent travel; and hold open for 60 days any postdoc who had all appropriate paperwork but was denied entry into the U.S.