Attachment 6 EDNY Hodge v Cuomo 21-cv-01421 Complaint
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Case 1:<strong>21</strong>-<strong>cv</strong>-014<strong>21</strong>-NGG Case MDL No. 3011 Document 1 25-6 Filed 03/17/<strong>21</strong> Filed 06/24/<strong>21</strong> Page 58 Page of 154 58 of PageID 154 #: 314<br />
(ultimately increasing their own profit) instead of investing in higher levels of staffing<br />
and PPE.” AG Report page 6.<br />
412. The DOH failed to require nursing homes to comply with labor practices that prevent<br />
nursing homes from pressuring employees to work while they have COVID-19 infection<br />
or symptoms, while ensuring nursing homes obtain and provide adequate staffing levels<br />
to care for residents’ needs. AG Report page 7<br />
413. Nursing homes did not invest sufficiently in effective training so staff can fully comply<br />
with infection control protocols or hold operators accountable for failure to have<br />
clinically appropriate policies in place and to effectively train staff to comply with them.<br />
AG Report page 7<br />
414. There was inadequate planning regarding post-mortem care needs and implementing<br />
and training staff on policies for dignified care of the remains of deceased residents. AG<br />
Report page 8.<br />
415. Basic protocols are expected of nursing homes: required isolation of residents, proper<br />
sterilization and storage of all equipment to prevent the spread of infection, were not<br />
followed. Facilities are required to mandate basic infection control practices including<br />
ensuring staff wash their hands after each direct resident contact and properly handle<br />
and store linens. AG Report page 18.<br />
416. Lax employee screening put all residents and staff at increased risk of harm. AG Report<br />
page <strong>21</strong>.<br />
417. The Program sponsoring Employers so negligently oversaw the operation of the Program<br />
by failing to maintain proper controls, policies and procedures regarding control of the<br />
Plan assets so as to carelessly and recklessly allow Plan assets intended for the Program<br />
to be taken for illegal and unauthorized uses, utilizing these Plan assets for their own<br />
purposes, which were purposes not permitted or allowed by the Program because they<br />
are prohibited transactions under ERISA.<br />
418. This led to violation of 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2 for neglect of the Owner Operator Defendants<br />
to adopt and implement the Program as an Alternative Employment Practice. The denial<br />
of the Alternative Employment Practice is directed at disadvantaged persons based upon<br />
race and color as permitted proof on a 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2 action allowed by the US<br />
Supreme Court in Ricci v DeStefano 557 U.S. 557, a violation shown by the refusal to<br />
adopt the Alternative Employment Practice, injuring the Class as disadvantaged persons<br />
based on race and color, warranting the award of damages and injunctive relief as<br />
detailed herein. Intervention Pg. 8 Par 6.<br />
419. The Union Defendant failed to implement training. The Union Defendant made peace<br />
with the Owner Operator Defendants failing to pursue and implement apprentice<br />
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