Category: Workforce

25% of critical healthcare staff willing to quit over workplace violence

Most healthcare workers in critical care settings experience on-the-job violence, with 25 percent saying they were willing to quit because of the issue, according to a global survey presented Jan. 21 at the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 2023 Crit…

Fight heats up against New York's healthcare vaccine rule

A group of 10 New York lawmakers is targeting the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.

3 states slide nurse-staffing mandates on the table

Three states have recently proposed staffing ratios, which would limit the number of patients a nurse could be assigned at once. 

Massachusetts files legislation mandating nurse-to-patient ratios

Massachusetts lawmakers are filing legislation this week that would mandate nurse-to-patient ratios — following in the footsteps of Washington and Oregon with a statewide push toward safe staffing. 

Oregon hospitals, union at odds over proposed nurse staffing legislation

Oregon lawmakers will consider nurse staffing legislation this session that is opposed by hospitals but backed by the state’s largest nurses union, the Oregon Capital Chronicle reported Jan. 18. 

US job market still missing 2.6 million people

The U.S. economy continues to see the effects of the pandemic, with 2.6 million fewer Americans participating in the U.S. labor force compared to workforce participation before COVID-19, Bloomberg reported Jan. 18. 

The case against nurse staffing ratios

Washington state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would limit the number of patients a nurse can legally care for in hospitals, reigniting a long-standing debate over the benefits and consequences of mandated staffing ratios. 

New York healthcare worker vaccine mandate 'null, void,' judge rules

A state Supreme Court judge has struck down New York’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, ABC affiliate WKBW reported Jan. 16. 

Las Vegas system to host career fair for local colleagues facing layoffs

Las Vegas-based University Medical Center of Southern Nevada will host a two-day career fair to help workers affected by layoffs at another Las Vegas hospital, Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center, according to a Jan. 12 news release shared with Beck…

8 healthcare companies offering the most remote jobs

Several healthcare and medical companies made FlexJobs’ latest list of “Top 100 Companies with Remote Jobs.”