After months of demanding the wages they were owed, current and former workers at Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services are getting their back pay.
Nearly 20 workers won wage theft judgments against the financially troubled nonprofit in July. They have either received their money or still need to complete the necessary documents to receive it, a Cleveland Municipal Court spokesman told Signal Cleveland.
Most won judgments for the nonprofit healthcare provider not paying them for two weeks in December. It was then that they first demanded their back pay from NEON, which operates seven health centers and two mobile units. The nonprofit was sued in 2025 by a lender that has sought to take over NEON and foreclose on its properties.The nonprofit could have legally objected to the judgments but did not.
These NEON workers stuck together when it was frightening, frustrating, and completely unfair, but they won.”…