Workforce

More Americans are in part-time roles, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 25. 

Physicians at a New York health system and a California system each filed petitions this month with the National Labor Relations Board to form a union with the Union of American Physicians and Dentists.

Economists agree that workers are missing from the labor force — but they can't agree on exactly how many, or exactly where they've gone, Bloomberg reported Feb. 24

Generation Z is beginning to enter the workforce — and as staffing shortages persist in healthcare, it becomes increasingly important to know how to attract new talent. 

Kaiser Permanente plans to move 1,200 administrative jobs from its headquarters in Oakland, Calif., to a suburb about 30 miles away, The San Francisco Chronicle reported Feb. 22. 

Nurses are sparse in Hawaii — in part because the islands' high housing costs keep them out, Hawaii News Now reported Feb. 21. 

Providence, a 52-hospital organization with system offices in Renton, Wash., and Irvine, Calif., has launched an expanded education program with Guild, a career opportunity platform.

Nearly 30 percent of Americans — and 50 percent of members of Generation Z — are planning a trip in 2023 that blends vacation time with remote work, also referred to as a "workcation," according to a new study.

Lawmakers expressed optimism for bipartisan solutions to the U.S. healthcare worker shortage during a recent meeting of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Kaiser Health News reported.

The American Hospital Association is calling on Congress to take action toward addressing workforce challenges that have become "a national emergency."