Workforce

Healthcare added 34,900 jobs in June, with hospitals contributing 11,200 positions to that total, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

West Virginia has the highest healthcare employment as a percent of total employment among the 50 U.S. states, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Advocate Aurora Health offering early retirement buyouts to employees was one of the most-read healthcare workforce topics in June.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System partnered with the nonprofit Workforce Opportunity Services to recruit, train and hire more veterans.

Bon Secours Mercy Health plans to create 500 jobs and $50 million in new payroll at its "hub" in the Bond Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, the system announced in a June 24 news release.

A noose was found on an employee's desk June 20 at Michigan Medicine's University Hospital in Ann Arbor, according to CNN.

Five hospitals and health systems have been designated frontline healthcare worker champions for investing in the skill and career development of their employees, according to CareerSTAT, an employer-led initiative of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions in Washington, D.C.

As many employers still struggle to crack the code on managing their millennial employees, another generation has started aging into the workforce, one that will require even more hands-on treatment and near-constant feedback than their older siblings.

Federal legislation to protect healthcare and social service employees from workplace violence is advancing after being voted out of the House Committee on Education and Labor, the panel announced June 11.

Advocate Aurora Health, which has dual headquarters in Milwaukee and Downers Grove, Ill., launched a voluntary early retirement program for certain employees in management positions.