Hundreds of unionized employees at UC San Diego Health and UCSF Health are staging one-day strikes this week, protesting recent layoffs that labor groups allege threaten patient care and exacerbate staffing shortages across the University of California health system. On…
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Shortening a workweek to four days without cutting pay has shown to improve job task efficiency and decrease employee fatigue across 141 companies, according to research published July 21 in Nature. The study involved companies that allowed employees to work…
While slightly more men returned to the office between 2023 and 2024, the share of women working from home held steady, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. In 2024, 29% of men worked from home, down from 34%…
Twenty-five U.S. metropolitan areas have been identified as hot spots for hiring, job listings and talent migration, according to LinkedIn News’ “Cities on the Rise” list. Hospitals and health systems are among the top hiring employers in these regions, according…
Leaders at St. Louis-based SSM Health have found value in walking the walk. The system’s “Walk a Mile in Your Shoes” program puts system executives in the shoes of employees who perform front-line daily operations to help them understand the…
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Hospitals and health systems are reevaluating workforce strategies — including compensation and benefits — in response to various provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed by President Donald Trump on July 4. The law includes changes to Medicaid,…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has described the housing market as in “crisis,” citing “a decade of underbuilding following the Great Recession and surging demand from millennials entering prime home-buying years.” This, in turn, has driven health systems to play…
As Memorial Hermann and Aldine Independent School District’s HEAL high school prepares for its second year of operations, program leaders are surveying the transformation of its inaugural freshman class of students as they “step into the truth” of their career…
City officials in Waterbury, Conn., plan to sell the property of a former school to a private developer to create apartment housing for hospital employees, CT Insider reported July 14. Five things to know: 1. The three-school building property is…
Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, N.J., has partnered with Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, N.J., to expand nursing workforce pathways. The agreement supports Brookdale’s nursing pathway program and provides students with dedicated scholarship and employment opportunities, according to a…