Sanford Agrees to Allow Physicians to Discuss Contract Terms

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sanford Health has agreed to allow its physicians to discuss terms of their contracts with co-workers and others after federal labor officials determined that the health care system was violating the law.

The National Labor Relations Board has approved a settlement with Sanford that forces the health care system to change its employment contracts so that doctors may discuss their compensation in the workplace and elsewhere.

The settlement comes after a physician filed an unfair labor practice charge against Sanford's branch in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Marlin Osthus with the board's Minneapolis office says Sanford required certain employees, not all, to sign the restricting contracts.

Sanford Bismarck Executive Vice President Dr. Craig Lambrecht says the health care system will work with the board as it moves forward with the "appropriate changes."

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