Category: human resources

Ascension nurses reach deal after 3 strikes in 1 year

The Illinois Nurses Association, which represents nurses at Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.), has reached a tentative new labor contract with the nurses’ employer.

Legacy physicians, PAs, NPs consider unionization ahead of possible OHSU purchase

Physicians, physician associates and nurse practitioners at Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health’s primary care clinics announced May 7 their efforts to unionize with the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association.

800+ California nurses to receive 22.5% pay hike

Members of the California Nurses Association have approved a new labor contract with Washington Hospital Healthcare System in Fremont, Calif.

The state of paid sick leave: 6 notes

Paid sick leave has expanded across the U.S. as more states pass laws related to the issue.

UChicago physicians vote to unionize

Resident physicians and fellows at the University of Chicago Medical Center voted to join the Committee of Interns and Residents, a local chapter of the Service Employees International Union.

HCA accused of withholding pay of 1,000 workers

HCA Healthcare faces a lawsuit alleging its Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health illegally kept pay from at least 1,000 employees, the Citizen Times reported May 6.

National labor board petitions to reinstate union at Trinity hospital

The National Labor Relations Board has asked a federal court to force Trinity Health Grand Haven (Mich.) Hospital, part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, to recognize SEIU Healthcare Michigan as the bargaining agent of about 200 employees and to …

NYC Health + Hospitals physicians file staffing grievances amid contract talks

Resident physicians have filed dozens of grievances with New York City’s public hospital system, alleging systemic understaffing that their union says leaves about 2,300 physicians at NYC Health + Hospitals chronically overworked.

HHS' final rule to combat disability discrimination: What healthcare leaders should know

HHS finalized a rule May 1 that updates protections against disability discrimination in healthcare.

HHS' final rule to combat disability discrimination: What healthcare leaders should know

HHS finalized a rule May 1 that updates protections against disability discrimination in healthcare.