Category: human resources

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.

Geisinger workers reach deals to avert Nurses Week strike

Members of three unions affiliated with the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals have approved three-year contracts with Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, Pa.

20 items on HR leaders' agendas: Mercer

Executives are zeroing in on talent strategies that they consider sustainable as they face an uncertain political and economic landscape, according to a recent report from Mercer. 

Sutter workers begin 3-day strike

Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers began a three-day strike April 23 at the Sutter Center for Psychiatry in Sacramento, Calif., according to NBC affiliate KCRA.