Cloquet, Minn.-based Community Memorial Hospital is laying off 30 staff at a nursing home it operates on the hospital campus.

Approximately 150 healthcare workers picketed outside the Sutter Center for Psychiatry hospital in Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 8 to protest wages and claim the system is "anti-union," according to a Nov. 8 report from The Sacramento Bee.

The past few years have been riddled with sources of anxiety nationwide: a pandemic, political and social unrest, inflation, job insecurity, a potential recession. As a result, some people's goals have changed to center their own well-being — as opposed to their corporate job's bottom line. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic's 2030 strategy is simple: to cure, connect and transform. But to get there, the world-renowned health system needs a robust people strategy developing the workforce of the future. 

Hospital and health system CEOs are in a position to influence their workforces, as well as healthcare altogether. As they connect with their teams, they have unique opportunities to support clinicians and their well-being. 

As a community health system in a market saturated with large and internationally renowned health systems, Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health is highly focused on fostering a positive work environment to attract and retain physicians amid a worsening shortage. 

The U.S. saw a surplus of retirees amid the pandemic, and fewer adults than expected have reentered the workforce as COVID-19 threats fade, Bloomberg reported Nov. 6.

BJC HealthCare and Washington University, both based in St. Louis, are expanding a program that supports employees with home ownership costs. 

Healthcare workers put their time and energy into providing high-quality care to patients each day. At the same time, there is both anecdotal evidence and data indicating rising rates of violence in their places of work.

In a post-pandemic world still beset by inflation pressures and labor costs and shortages, many health systems are carrying out initiatives to boost employee retention and lessen reliance on contract labor.

Companies are grappling with a new issue post Great Resignation: Not enough employees are quitting. 

A report released Nov. 6 by market research firm McKinsey & Co. provides insights into the nursing workforce and nurses' mental health and well-being. 

Workplace trends like "quiet quitting" and "coffee badging" are not materializing out of thin air. They're coming from TikTok, the video platform increasingly being used for career advice. 

Amid financial strain and operational challenges, hospitals and health systems have also faced challenges related to recruiting and retaining workers. Workers have exited their organizations, or considered quitting, citing reasons such as not feeling valued, lack of support for their well-being and wages not keeping up with inflation. However, there is a silver lining as healthcare employment has continued to trend up in certain areas.

Healthcare/products companies and manufacturers, including hospitals, have announced the third-most job cuts year to date among 30 industries and sectors measured, according to one new analysis.

HCA Midwest Health has joined forces with Kansas City (Mo.) University, the largest medical school in Missouri.

St. Louis-based Mercy has opened its first innovation unit as a "testing ground" for optimization ideas. 

Saum Sutaria, MD, CEO of Tenet Healthcare, mentioned at the beginning of the year the system's strategy would focus on hiring and retention, and reduce reliance on contract labor. During an Oct. 30 third quarter earnings call, he discussed the early results.

During a featured session at the 8th Annual Becker's Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting,leaders from Aurora, Colo.-based UC Health discussed the system's Virtual Health Center that uses technology to support patient care, improve efficiency and enhance patient outcomes. 

This month, chatter about layoffs reached the highest level since July 2020, according to a monthly employee confidence index report from Glassdoor.