Bounties and bonuses leave small hospitals behind in staffing wars
Already strained by the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals around the country are desperate to staff their facilities as the highly transmissible omicron variant spreads
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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.
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 CoxHealth’s minimum wage. Here’s more from CoxHealth: In a $4 million investment in its workforc...