If the 300 employees take the retirement offer, it will cut the system’s workforce by 3 percent. Additionally, the system has announced it will freeze its employee pension plan at the end of this year and move its employees to a defined-contribution savings plan, according to the report.
The cost-saving changes come as NorthShore responds to the financial challenges presented by the Affordable Care Act, Crain’s Chicago Business reported.
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