Category: Workforce

Rome (N.Y.) Health is no longer requiring that workers receive the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association held a press conference June 5 opposing Cambridge (Mass.) Health Alliance’s plan to lay off five nurse educators at two hospitals, saying the move will mean less support for new nurses and negatively affect retentio…

Rochester-based Mayo Clinic almost scored an exemption from Minnesota’s Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act — until its opposition to the proposed nurse staffing ratios sparked pushback from other health systems, leading the state to cut those provisions…

If you’re looking to launch a career, don’t set your sights in California or New York — at least, that’s what WalletHub advises. 

Immigrants hired to yearslong contracts to fill thousands of U.S. healthcare roles said they are paid less than their co-workers, deceived about benefits such as free housing and, if they try to leave, threatened with tens of thousands in debt, NBC New…

Missouri hospitals continue to struggle with attracting and retaining staff, with turnover and vacancy rates among nurses and other surveyed professions exceeding all survey years other than 2021, according to new research from the Missouri Hospital As…

Two members of Congress are requesting data regarding layoffs at New Orleans-based Ochsner Health to ensure the move did not disproportionately affect women or minority communities.

The federal government is formally withdrawing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of CMS-certified healthcare facilities that was enacted in November 2021 and moving to treat the virus, from an oversight standpoint, more like the flu. &nbs…

Healthcare gained 52,400 jobs in May, similar to the average monthly gain of 50,000 over the previous 12 months, according to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Mercy Health-Springfield (Ohio) Regional Medical Center unveiled its own police department and vehicle on May 25.