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A recent lawsuit filed by one Wisconsin health system that temporarily prevented seven workers from starting new jobs at a different health network raised eyebrows, including those of Brock Slabach, chief operations officer of the National Rural Health Association.

Smaller facilities — particularly rural ones that have struggled for years to stay afloat — are finding it difficult, if not impossible, to compete for health care workers in this labor market.

Smaller facilities — particularly rural ones that have struggled for years to stay afloat — are finding it difficult, if not impossible, to compete for health care workers in this labor market.

Facilities with fewer resources are finding it difficult or impossible to compete for health care workers.

Already strained by the pandemic, hospitals are desperate to staff their facilities as the highly transmissible omicron variant spreads.

Already strained by the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals around the country are desperate to staff their facilities as the highly transmissible omicron variant spreads

A hospital in Wisconsin sued to keep seven employees from taking jobs with a competitor. A health system in South Dakota is offering nurses $40,000 signing bonuses.

CoxHealth Raises Starting Pay

Posted By: Sarah Myers February 11, 2021 @ 12:07 pm Local News, News CoxHealth is raising its starting wage as part of a $4 million investment in its workforce. The new minimum wage will be $12 per hour. In addition to future hires, the new wage will impact more than 5,500 employees, who will also receive raises under the adjustment. The move, which becomes effective in April 2021, is part of a plan to regularly increase ...