HR

The National Labor Relations Board has scheduled a hearing to review accusations of illegal practices Western Connecticut Health Network managers and consultants took against about 800 employees at Danbury (Conn.) and New Milford (Conn.) hospitals, according to The News-Times.

Hospitals are starting to see higher labor costs from the expense of hiring nurses to treat the influx of newly insured sick patients spurred by the Affordable Care Act, according to a Forbes report.

Registered nurses at Alpena (Mich.) Regional Medical Center have voted to authorize sending a strike notice to the hospital, according to a report from The Alpena News.

Some nurses at Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico Hospital are calling UNMH out for alleged staffing problems, according to a KUNM report.

After dozens of drugs went missing from Washington, D.C.-based Sibley Memorial Hospital in June, two nurses' licenses were suspended and four other nurses were investigated by the D.C. Department of Health, according to WTOP.com.

A UnitedHealth Group print facility and fulfillment center in Duncan, S.C. is laying off 85 workers, according to The Greenville News.

The following hospitals and health systems have or have recently had at least 100 job openings.

Workers at Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, Mass., represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, have reached an agreement with the hospital's parent company, Boston-based Steward Health Care System, according to The Lowell Sun.

Boston Medical Center is relocating hundreds of workers, the hospital said Tuesday, according to a Boston Globe report.

If you're a patient reading this article while waiting for a doctor or nurse to show up, take a moment to appreciate the irony.