Competition for healthcare hiring is strong, and attracting and retaining employees is one of the main challenges healthcare hirers face, according to data from the 2013 HireRight Employment Screening Benchmark Survey.
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Unionized nurses at Northside Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio, have rejected what the hospital called its final contract offer, according to a WKBN report.
Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, N.Y., has announced a workforce restructuring plan that will lead to 23 layoffs, according to a hospital news release posted by WWNYTV.
Orlando Health has confirmed more employees will be laid off as part of a restructuring the system announced in November, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United has announced it is filing a ballot initiative that would mandate nurse staffing levels at hospitals across the state.
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Select International, an employee assessment firm based in Pittsburgh, has released updates to its SelecTrak applicant tracking system.
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System has released plans to downsize Glen Cove (N.Y.) Hospital, which will affect nearly all of the hospital's 1,200 employees, according to a Long Island Newsday report.
Members of the nurses union at Danbury (Conn.) Hospital have voted to reject terms from the hospital that officials say would have saved 25 nurses from being laid off, according to a News Times report.
Though the U.S. added 162,000 jobs in July, hospitals cut 4,400 jobs during that time, according to the most recent seasonally adjusted data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Nurses at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., will soon vote on whether or not to unionize, according to a report by the Daily Breeze.