Across the U.S., women's employment has reached an all-time high, according to a Stateline analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey.

Various workforce trends have gained traction in recent years. The latest making its way through social media: "lazy girl job." 

If you email an employee at 4 p.m., you might not hear back until 10 p.m. That's the new norm in today's flexible worksphere, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

Facing rising costs, lower reimbursements and increased care demands, health systems are in need of serious transformation. Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health created a new C-suite position to tackle these positions and redesign the system for future growth.

Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health is experiencing the same workforce challenges as all health systems across the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Labor today has issued a final rule that will require certain employers in high-hazard industries, including healthcare, to electronically submit injury and illness information — which they are already required to keep — to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has spent at least $2 billion on temporary employees since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a figure larger than previously reported contract worker costs, Politico reported July 17. 

Hospitals, health systems and provider organizations in Massachusetts have launched a multilingual digital campaign to recruit workers.

Hybrid work is not going away anytime soon, with office attendance stabilizing at 30 percent below pre-pandemic norms, according to a report from McKinsey Global Institute.

Private equity firms are making noise in healthcare with their aggressive acquisition of private practice physicians and 42 percent of hospital employees are considering moving to private practice, mostly due to the need for a better work-life balance, according to a recent survey from digital health platform Tebra.

The women's workforce has largely benefitted from the pandemic-spurred surge in remote work offerings. Millions of mothers with young children who left the workforce in 2020 found balance with the ability to work from home, and there are now more women in the labor force than ever. 

Among U.S. professionals, it appears job-hopping is diminishing — at least temporarily — and that the nation has entered the era of "The Big Stay." 

Fifteen health systems were named among the top U.S. workplaces for disability inclusion by the 2023 Disability Equality Index, a joint initiative with the American Association of People with Disabilities. 

The labor force participation rate for women in their prime working age reached 77.8 percent in June — an all-time high, according to BLS data analyzed by CNN Business. 

Some states have lifted their COVID-19 vaccine requirements for workers at regulated healthcare facilities, while at least one other is considering doing so.

C-suite leaders believe their workforce's well-being is improving. They're wrong, according to a June 20 report from Deloitte. 

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has reached an agreement with Prolucent Health, a Dallas-based workforce optimization startup, to implement Prolucent's VMS+ platform for managing the 21-hospital health system's temporary staffing needs.

Chicago-based Rush University’s Center for Innovative and Lifelong Learning is hosting its Resilient Leadership Retreat  Aug. 2-4, from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. 

NYC Health + Hospitals opened applications July 10 for a one-year fellowship designed to prepare post-residency graduates for administrative roles, the New York City-based health system said in a news release sent to Becker's. This is the program's fifth year. 

SSM Health, a 23-hospital health system based in St. Louis, has added an on-demand workforce platform to fill staffing gaps and improve employee retention.