A bill proposed in the U.S. Congress Dec. 16 could prolong the careers of registered nurses by preventing injuries sustained from manually lifting and moving patients.
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A protest over a lack of local jobs at Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital led to 134 people being arrested on Saturday, according to a New Haven Register report.
The following hospitals and health systems shared plans to hire workers in the past month, starting with the most recent.
McLaren Bay Region in Bay City, Mich., is seeking to fill more than 80 part- and full-time job openings at the hospital, according to an MLive report.
Registered nurses and respiratory therapists at Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center in Yonkers, N.Y., represented by the 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East union, have reached a tentative contract agreement with hospital management, according to The Journal News.
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Maryland regulators have approved a smaller employment plan that will allow Baltimore residents living in struggling neighborhoods hit hard by riots last April to apply for 375 new jobs at area hospitals, according to a report from The Baltimore Sun.
According to a recent Gallup poll, the percentage of U.S. employees who are engaged in their jobs averaged 32.1 percent in November.
Pittsburgh is joining other U.S. cities in encouraging local hospitals to institute a $15 per hour minimum wage for workers, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
Richland, Wash.-based Kadlec Regional Medical Center nurses, represented by the Washington State Nurses Association, voted Monday in favor of a possible future strike, according to a Tri-City Herald report.
The Affordable Care Act will make the labor supply, measured as the total compensation paid to workers, 0.86 percent smaller over the next decade than it would have been without the law, according to a 22-page report from the Congressional…