Category: Workforce

Healthcare job cuts up 97% from 1st half of 2022

Healthcare/products companies and manufacturers, including hospitals, announced the fourth-most job cuts among 30 industries and sectors measured in the first half of 2023, according to one new analysis.

New York health system bans local travel nurses

Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Health Partners will no longer hire travel nurses who live within a 50-mile radius of their workplace, according to local CBS affiliate WRGB. 

Nurse staffing laws: 3 updates from across the US

Nurse-to-patient staffing ratios — typically backed by unions and disliked by hospitals — are up for consideration in legislatures nationwide. 

New York mandates 1-2 nurse-patient ratio for critical care

A proposed regulation drafted by the New York State Department of Health requiring hospitals to assign at least one nurse for every two patients in critical care units was adopted unanimously June 29 by the department’s Public Health and Health Plannin…

How rare is remote work in healthcare?

Many workers desire the ability to work remotely, even if they only get the option a few days a week. Flexibility allows people to maintain the work-life balance some developed during the pandemic — and in a high-burnout field like healthcare, balance …

19 top hospitals and systems, 27K open jobs

Hospitals and health systems continue to grapple with staffing challenges, including shortages. Below are the number of job openings at hospitals that were named to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 Best Hospitals Honor Roll.

The states increasing penalties for violence against hospital workers

To tackle workplace violence, lawmakers in several states are changing laws or considering changes. 

Biggest roadblocks in the workplace for Gen Z, millennials

Young workers are more likely to report that various factors have a major impact on their ability to work efficiently, according to the most recent data from McKinsey & Company.

Hardest states to hire workers

Businesses nationwide are finding it difficult to hire enough workers, but some states are struggling more than others. 

Employment levels in 37 hospital jobs

Employment levels in jobs at hospitals vary across the U.S.