Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health is taking steps to raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour.
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Penn Medicine Lancaster (Pa.) General Health will host a Jan. 3 job fair to fill about 500 clinical, administrative and support service positions, hospital spokesperson Mary Ann Eckard told LancasterOnline.
Several hospitals and medical facilities in HCA Healthcare's north Florida division participated in a job fair Dec. 20 to attract people seeking employment after Hurricane Michael, according to The News Herald.
Louisville-based Hardin Memorial Hospital will add staff to better treat victims of sexual assault, according to Louisville news website WDRB.com.
Healthcare occupations are among those with the most projected job growth between 2016 and 2026, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Here are 13 healthcare organizations that have or plan to raise their minimum wage:
The following organizations have shared hiring plans since Oct. 19:
Here are the five most-read workforce stories reported by Becker's Hospital Review in 2018:
The Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital under construction in Orwigsburg, Pa., is hiring physicians, nurses, technicians and other workers.
The Cleveland Clinic is the latest health system to state it will raise the minimum wage for employees to $15 by 2020, according to cleveland.com.