Employers are increasingly relying on automated software to sort through applicants, but millions of potential candidates are being skipped over, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 4.
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Hartford HealthCare's Backus Hospital in Norwich, Conn., has settled allegations being investigated by the federal government that the hospital discriminated against a patient who is deaf, according to a news release from HHS and the Justice Department.
Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System said some employees were accidentally told their medical exemption from the company's vaccination policy was approved.
The Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance has ruled that striking nurses at Worcester-based Saint Vincent Hospital should have their unemployment benefits discontinued, according to hospital and union statements shared with Becker's Oct. 6.
As of Oct. 4, there were 115 Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital staff members who remained off the schedule and had either reported as unvaccinated against COVID-19 or had not entered a vaccination status, the hospital confirmed to Becker's.
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More than 400 front-line healthcare workers at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield, Ore., began a two-day strike Oct. 5 alleging unfair labor practices, according to the union that represents them.
Striking workers at Catholic Health's Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (N.Y.) continued picketing Oct. 4 as their dispute with hospital management remains unresolved, both sides confirmed to Becker's.
More than 350 healthcare workers at Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, Calif., began a five-day strike Oct. 4, according to the union that represents the workers.
Citing concerns about staffing and patient care, nearly 2,000 hospital workers at Catholic Health's Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (N.Y.), went on strike Oct. 1, according to the union that represents them.
Registered nurses at Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital in Los Angeles have approved a new contract that addresses patient and worker safety, according to Keck Medicine of USC and the union representing the nurses.