Category: human resources

California county's nurses push for competitive wages

Registered nurses and healthcare professionals who work for Ventura County’s health system have taken their concerns about staffing, pay and benefits to the county’s board of supervisors, the Ventura County Star reported.

Nearly half of US job ads include salaries

Job seekers have greater access to information on compensation today than in years past, with salary ranges appearing on nearly half of the jobs posted on one search site. 

Nurse degree scheme 'not surprising at all,' says LinkedIn, KarmaCheck co-founder

Operation Nightingale — the Justice Department initiative that discovered more than 7,600 fraudulent diplomas allowed unqualified purchasers to practice as nurses — shocked HHS, the FBI and medical professionals nationwide. 

Labor board files complaint against UPMC after nurse's termination

On March 3, the Region 6 office of the National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Pittsburgh-based UPMC and one of its subsidiaries, UPMC Altoona (Pa.), over allegations related to the termination of an agency nurse.

340+ RNs at Adventist hospital vote to unionize

Registered nurses at Adventist Health Lodi (Calif.) Memorial have voted to join the California Nurses Association, an affiliate of National Nurses United, The Sacramento Bee reported March 9. 

3rd group of Ascension nurses votes to unionize

Registered nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita, Kan., have voted to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United. 

3rd group of Ascension nurses votes to unionize

Registered nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita, Kan., have voted to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United. 

Oregon nurses accuse CommonSpirit of wage theft, missed payments

Members of the Oregon Nurses Association have filed a class action lawsuit against Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health alleging wage theft and missed payments at its Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg, Ore., and St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton, Ore., acc…

UVM Medical Center workers to receive raises of up to 25%

Members of the Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals approved a contract with Burlington-based University of Vermont Medical Center that includes immediate pay raises of 6.5 percent to 25.6 percent for most bargaining unit members.

Labor board ruling yields limits on confidentiality in hospital severance agreements

The ruling in a case involving furloughed hospital employees in Michigan will make it harder for employers to include confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in severance agreements, mlive.com reported.