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A Far Rockaway hospital is going through a restructuring that threatens the careers of fifty employees, highlighting the dangerous consequences of poor management in a tough economy.
50 layoff notices were distributed at Peninsula Hospital to staffers this Monday, October 26, including to X-ray technicians and respiratory therapists. Peninsula is now in the middle of a bankruptcy restructuring after MediSys Health Network had to hand the hospital over to Revival Home Health Care in September thanks to a debt of over $60 million.
Layoffs occur 30 days from the day of the notice. This was not a surprise to the workers and their union, 1199 SEIU, but it certainly does not come as a welcome development. Still, the workers have a union safety net, consisting of job placement and extended benefits.
Part of the restructuring included the addition of a new chief restructuring officer and new chief financial officer.
The CEO of Peninsula remains optimistic that the hospital will begin rehiring the laid off workers as soon as their finances are in order. Until that time, the staff will have to work under an indefinite staffing strain.
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