2024 11 18 WARN Notice Pontiac General Hospital
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WXYZ-TV Channel 7 DetroitNovember 15, 2024
Jimelle Howard
TAA/RR Section Manager
State of Michigan, Labor and Economic Opportunity, Workforce Development
P.O. Box 30805
Lansing, MI 48909
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Dear Ms. Howard:
Oakland Physicians Medical Center, LLC d/b/a Pontiac General Hospital “Pontiac General”
hereby provides notice of layoffs at its facility that is located at 461 W. Huron Street, Pontiac,
Michigan. Please be advised that Pontiac General is providing notice for the benefit of its
employees despite the fact that it does not believe that there is a notice requirement under the
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN Act”). This is because the layoffs
at the facility are expected to be less than 6 months in duration.
To the extent that notice would be required under WARN, Pontiac General is providing notice as
soon as reasonably practicable as it has just learned that it has been excluded from receiving
Medicare funds, and did not reasonably foresee this event. Pontiac General, however, believes
that this exclusion from receiving Medicare funds is temporary and will last for less than six
months, and thus the layoffs are not expected to be permanent. Pontiac General does not anticipate
that the entire facility will be affected and that there will not be a complete shutdown of the facility.
At this time, the anticipated job losses resulting in this sudden loss of funding are expected to occur
in phases. However, the job losses will be contingent on how quickly our patient load will be
impacted and it is not possible to determine all of the employees who will be impacted in the
second phase at this time. AFSCME and UAW represented employees have bumping rights as
provided in the collective bargaining agreement. Non-union employees do not have bumping
rights.
In the first phase, the employees in the following positions will be laid off on November 29, 2024.
AFSCME Union Represented Positions:
Certified Nurse Assistant 13
Inventory Control Clerk 1
LPN 15
Medical Records
Analyst 1
MHT 79
MHT - DD 11
MHT Lead - DD 4
461 West Huron, Pontiac, MI 48341
Tel: (248) 857-7200; Fax: (248) 857-6762
www.pontiacgeneral.com
Oper Inf Rep 1
Patient Access Rep 1
Unit Secretary 1
UAW Union Represented Positions:
RN - Float 5
RN - OR Nurse 3
RN - Staff Nurse 19
Non-Union Represented Positions
Activities Coordinator 1
Case Manager 2
Consultant 1
Coordinator 3
CRNA 1
Intake Coordinator 2
IT Coordinator 1
Lab Assistant 1
MLT Med Lab Tech 1
Patient Account
Analyst 1
Pharmacy Tech 3
Psy Soc Worker MSS 5
Recreational Therapist 3
Registered Pharmacist 2
RN - Supervisor 1
Senior Recruiter 1
Soc Svcs Case
Manager 2
Social Work Clerk 1
In the second phase, Pontiac General’s anticipates that the following positions will be laid off
between December 6, 2024, and December 20, 2024.
AFSCME Union Represented Positions:
Certified Nurse Assistant 8
LPN 3
MHT 17
MHT - DD 6
MHT Lead - DD 2
461 West Huron, Pontiac, MI 48341
Tel: (248) 857-7200; Fax: (248) 857-6762
www.pontiacgeneral.com
UAW Union Represented Positions:
RN - Float 4
RN - Staff Nurse 9
Non-Union Represented Positions
Case Manager 1
Charge Master Coordinator 1
Coordinator 1
Court Liaison 1
Materials Mgmt Coordinator 1
Nursing Manager 1
Patient Account Analyst 1
Payroll Systems Analyst 1
Pharmacy Purchase Agent 1
Pharmacy Tech 1
Recreational Therapist 1
RN - Supervisor 1
Utilization Review Supervisor 1
Pontiac General may update the second phase estimates when more information is known about
the reduction in patient load.
The names and contact information for Local and International Union representatives are set forth
below:
UAW
Lewis Roe, President UAW Local 9699, P.O. Box 355 6038 E. Marlett Road, Marlett,
Michigan 48453-0355; [email protected];
Dave Inman, UAW Region 1, P.O. Box 355 6038 E. Marlette Road, Marlett, Michigan
48453-0355; [email protected]
Shawn Fain, President, UAW International Union, 8000 East Jefferson, Detroit, MI 48214
AFSCME
Emily Towlerton, Local President, 4619 Curtis Lane, Clarkston, MI 48346,
[email protected]
Jeanette DiFlorio, AFSCME Michigan, 7700 Second Ave, Suite 314, Detroit, Michigan
48202, [email protected]
Gino Carbenia, Executive Director, 1034 North Washington Ave, Lansing MI 48906
Lee Saunders, AFSCME International President, 1625 L. Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.
20036-5687
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Pontiac General’s attorney
Gary S. Fealk at [email protected] or call 248-743-6060
461 West Huron, Pontiac, MI 48341
Tel: (248) 857-7200; Fax: (248) 857-6762
www.pontiacgeneral.com
