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A union representing support and medical services employees has called for a one-day strike on University of California campuses and hospitals on Nov. 20, according to a Sacramento Business Journal report.
Kansas City-based University of Kansas Hospital and the Kansas University Nurses Association have filed a petition with the Kansas Public Employee Relations Board for a declaration of impasse, according to a Kansas City Business Journal report.
Employee assessment tests are typically developed in the same country as the organization's headquarters, but health systems should ensure their tests stand up in foreign countries, too.
Here are eight statistics on states with the highest and lowest percentages of healthcare jobs in their labor sector, according to recent CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists International data analysis.
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For the first time in its history, the Kansas University Nurses' Association, a union representing nurses at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, have rejected a contract proposal, according to a KCTV5 report.
Monthly growth in healthcare jobs has averaged 17,000 jobs through October this year, lagging behind an average monthly gain of 27,000 jobs in 2012, according to the most recent seasonally adjusted numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a proposed rule to improve the tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses.
A union-led one-day strike, planned to occur Nov. 13 at Regional Hospital of Scranton (Pa.), has been postponed until Dec. 4, according to a report by The Times-Tribune.
The union representing employees at Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico Hospital has filed a complaint with the UNM Labor Management Relations Board over the hospital's mandatory flu vaccine policy for employees, according to an Albuquerque Journal report.