Category: Workforce

Healthcare/products companies and manufacturers, including hospitals, have announced the third-most job cuts year to date among 30 industries and sectors measured, according to one new analysis.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has laid off 160 of its 36,000 employees as part of an “organizational redesign plan.” 

Six healthcare companies and organizations made LinkedIn’s list of the 50 best companies to grow one’s career in the U.S.

The University of Missouri Health Care formed a strategic alliance with Community Health Systems to provide medical staff to rural hospitals in northeastern Missouri.

Healthcare is not immune to shortages and other workforce challenges stemming from factors such as financial strain, burnout and employee departures. However, a bright spot recently emerged in a new analysis from Altarum. 

The American Medical Association honored 72 organizations for their efforts to promote the well-being of healthcare workers and reduce physician burnout. The organization unveiled the list in an Oct. 3 news release as recipients of the 2023 Joy in Medi…

Walmart is revising requirements for many jobs, including some at the corporate level, for which it considers college degrees unnecessary. 

The phrase “quiet quitting” — referring to a phenomenon in which employees reduce their enthusiasm at work and stick to the minimum expectations of their role — gained traction on social media and in the news in 2022, and continues to be referenced tod…

Projections show the U.S. will need more than a million more nurses by 2031, but more than 80 percent of positions will be left unfilled, according to a Sept. 29 report from McKinsey & Co. 

Five staffing agencies contracted by Mercy Iowa City began pulling their workers from the hospital shortly after it filed for bankruptcy protection, The Gazette reported Sept. 30.