Category: Workforce

New green card proposals will harm international nursing recruitment, AHA warns

Congressional proposals to change green card rules could have a highly negative effect on the ability of healthcare groups to employ foreign nurses at a time of national labor shortages, the American Hospital Association warned in a letter to House of …

Gen Z's complex healthcare workforce, explained in 30 numbers

Generation Z will compose 30 percent of the workforce by 2030 — and their after-tax income is expected to reach $2 trillion in the same time frame, according to a recent report from social media company Snap Inc. 

Oregon Health Authority taps 112 contract workers to help children's hospitals

Oregon Health Authority is bringing in about 112 nurses and respiratory therapists to meet requests from children’s hospitals, the government agency confirmed to Becker’s.

How Mercy embraced a gig mindset for nursing

Mercy, a multistate health system based in Chesterfield, Mo., has harnessed an employment model usually associated with ride-share services and food delivery and applied it to nursing. 

Viewpoint: healthcare workers face 'moral injury,' not just burnout

The term “burnout” understates the struggles of healthcare professionals — “moral injury” is a more accurate attribution, psychologist Jessica Jackson, PhD, wrote in a Dec. 3 article for Quartz. 

University Hospitals suspends workers linked to Jan. 6 Capitol attack

University Hospitals has suspended two workers who were charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Michigan system lays off 31 employees; leaves 20 additional jobs unfilled

Citing a need to further reduce overhead expenses and support additional investments in patient care and wages, Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Health is eliminating 31 positions, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s.

Alabama health system reports more than 1,400 open jobs

Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital System currently has more than 1,400 open jobs, CBS affiliate WHNT reported Dec. 1. 

The group missing from the labor market

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and evolving economic circumstances, middle-aged men have had a slower return to the workforce than other groups, The New York Times reported Dec. 2.

Healthcare adds 45K jobs in November; 2022 growth strong compared to 2021

Healthcare employment continued to grow in November, although at a slower pace, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.