Category: Workforce

Health systems turn to buyouts

Hospitals and health systems are implementing various strategies as they look to drive efficiency and plan for short-term and long-term growth. One strategy seen at several systems in recent months: offering buyouts and voluntary separation to workers.

Nurse contract dispute adds to California hospital's woes

CEO Stephen Gray started his new position at cash-strapped Watsonville (Calif.) Hospital on Nov. 1 and is already locked in negotiations with nursing staff, according to a Nov. 13 Lookout Santa Cruz.

Healthcare has an overtime problem, workers say

Hospital and health system workers put in long hours during the COVID-19 pandemic as the nation faced a public health crisis. Now, in the post-pandemic era, workers in healthcare and across industries say they are being burned out after being asked to …

Hospitals investing in retention, but that may backfire

Health systems are planning to invest heavily in employee retention and upskilling next year to solve workforce shortages and reduce reliance on contract labor. It seems, for now, supporting nurses and staff with additional wellness programs, benefits …

Why nurse bullying is (still) on the rise

Nurse bullying has been an issue for decades and continued during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, in the post-pandemic era, allegations of toxic behavior are continuing to climb. 

Mass General Brigham offers buyouts for digital staff

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is offering employees in its technology division buyouts in a bid to trim its workforce, the Boston Herald reported Nov. 9.

CMS imposes hiring freeze

CMS has been under a partial hiring freeze since July, Politico reported Nov. 8.

Is a holiday quitting spree on the horizon?

Christmas vacation might turn permanent for a certain group of employees, according to a November report from management consulting firm Korn Ferry. 

Minnesota hospital lays off 30 as nursing home closes

Cloquet, Minn.-based Community Memorial Hospital is laying off 30 staff at a nursing home it operates on the hospital campus.

Sutter Health workers picket outside psychiatric hospital

Approximately 150 healthcare workers picketed outside the Sutter Center for Psychiatry hospital in Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 8 to protest wages and claim the system is “anti-union,” according to a Nov. 8 report from The Sacramento Bee.