Category: human resources

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 …

Some workers organize while others approve deals: 9 recent hospital-union actions

Healthcare workers in three states recently approved new contracts with health systems, and employees in California, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland voted to join unions. The following hospital-union events have been reported by Becker’s in July an…

Some workers organize while others approve deals: 9 recent hospital-union actions

Healthcare workers in three states recently approved new contracts with health systems, and employees in California, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland voted to join unions. The following hospital-union events have been reported by Becker’s in July an…

Some workers organize while others approve deals: 9 recent hospital-union actions

Healthcare workers in three states recently approved new contracts with health systems, and employees in California, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland voted to join unions. The following hospital-union events have been reported by Becker’s in July an…

Rady Children's nurses approve labor deal, averting 2nd strike

Members of United Nurses of Children’s Hospital, a union affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 1699, have approved a three-year contract with Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego.