Renton, Wash.-based Providence and caregivers ofProvidence Hospice in Sonoma County, Calif., agreed to resolve allegations that workers were required to take on additional work and responsibilities without appropriate compensation.
Category: human resources
Physicians ramp up calls for fair contracts
Resident physicians and fellows at several health systems in the Northeast are pressing leaders to address their bargaining concerns, including pay and working conditions.
How health systems can support executives on PTO
A recent study found that 59% of U.S. employees check in with work on vacation by answering emails or calls. How can hospitals and health systems support executives in unplugging?
1,100 Providence hospital workers end strike: 7 things to know
About 1,100 SEIU Healthcare 1199NW-represented workers have ended their weeklong strike at Richland, Wash.-based Kadlec Regional Medical Center and its Kennewick ER, as contract negotiations continue.
Companies turn to external chief human resources officer hires more often
Internal chief human resources officer hires globally dropped from 56% in Q2 of 2023 to 36% in Q2 of 2024, according to a recent report from Russell Reynolds Associates.
California hospital faces pushback on labor and delivery closure
A California hospital is facing pushback from a labor union as it moves forward with plans to close its labor and delivery department this fall.
1,100 Providence hospital workers begin strike: 4 things to know
More than 1,100 service and technical workers represented by SEIU Healthcare 1199NW began a seven-day strike Aug. 20 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, Wash., and the Kadlec freestanding emergency room in Kennewick, Wash.
UI Health reschedules procedures amid strike, DNC
Chicago-based UI Health has rescheduled some elective procedures and taken a number of other steps as the Illinois Nurses Association, the union representing more than 1,700 registered nurses and licensed practical nurses at the system, is on strike.
The term MD Anderson's CHRO wants to change
The negative connotations the phrase “impostor syndrome” carries can make someone experiencing it feel like they are undeserving or do not belong in their role.
Chicago nurses strike as injunction bars some from joining them
The union representing registered and licensed practical nurses at Chicago-based UI Health is proceeding with its strike after a Cook County judge granted the health system’s request to prevent certain critical care nurses, represented by the Illinois …
