Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is the first large employer in the state to require employees in same-sex relationships to marry if they want to continue receiving health benefits, according to a Post Bulletin report.
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Blue Mountain Health System, a two-hospital system with campuses in Palmerton, Pa., and Lehighton, Pa., has laid off 16 employees, according to a report by The Morning Call.
Large layoffs and workforce reductions have become more common at hospitals and health systems across the country, regardless of size or for- or nonprofit status. Through July this year, several organizations have laid off dozens and cut hundreds more jobs…
The Regional Hospital of Scranton (Pa.) has laid off an unspecified number of employees, according to a report by The Scranton Times-Tribune.
Former employees of two hospitals within Baton Rouge-based Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division can start to reapply for positions with the hospitals' new operator Aug. 5, according to a KATC report.
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Sound Shore Health System in New Rochelle, N.Y., plans to lay off 1,993 employees, according to a report by Westchester County Business Journal.
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network has furloughed 262 employees and eliminated another 200 vacant positions within West Penn Allegheny Health System, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
The National Labor Relations Board has stepped into contract negotiations between Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Wash., and an employee union, requesting the hospital revert to a previous version of a contract to avoid a formal complaint from the…
A report released by the Louisiana Civil Service Commission last week found that the hospitals within Baton Rouge-based Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division laid off 2,340 employees in the 2012-13 fiscal year, which ended June 30, according to…
A new blog post from global employee assessment firm Select International, based in Pittsburgh, highlights five ways organizations can fail at human capital management.