Phoenix-based Banner Health plans to build a $400 million hospital in Scottsdale, Ariz. — but local firefighters believe they should leave the area's healthcare to Mayo Clinic and HonorHealth. 

While "quiet quitting" remains a trend among the global workforce, employees are also "loud quitting," Gallup finds.

Hospitals and health systems have long sought to attract, retain and develop employees. However, organizations are even more focused on these initiatives today amid an evolving workforce. 

The Career Development Center at La Crosse, Wis.-based Gundersen Health System is small: four team members working entirely online. But that tiny crew zeros in on some of healthcare's biggest problems — talent attraction, retention and development — to have a substantial effect on its workforce. 

North Carolina — America's top state for business — also has the best workforce, according to a recent ranking from CNBC. 

This year has been a tumultuous one for the workforce as layoffs rise and the economy wavers. These eight trends help paint the picture of the current labor force: one that values flexibility as companies tug it back, and grapples with the merging of new and old values. 

The push for remote work has been attributed by some to Generation Z, but new research indicates a different population pushing for the freedom to work from anywhere: well-paid longtime employees. 

There has been abundant discussion about how Generation Z will change the workforce with their interest in balance and flexibility. But a lesser-discussed, already-present trend will also affect the labor force in the coming decade: an increasing presence of older workers. 

Some members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa at Minneapolis-based Allina Health will no longer be subject to a policy change making the flu vaccine a condition of employment, the health system and union confirmed to Becker's.

Across the U.S., women's employment has reached an all-time high, according to a Stateline analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey.

Various workforce trends have gained traction in recent years. The latest making its way through social media: "lazy girl job." 

If you email an employee at 4 p.m., you might not hear back until 10 p.m. That's the new norm in today's flexible worksphere, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

Facing rising costs, lower reimbursements and increased care demands, health systems are in need of serious transformation. Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health created a new C-suite position to tackle these positions and redesign the system for future growth.

Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health is experiencing the same workforce challenges as all health systems across the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Labor today has issued a final rule that will require certain employers in high-hazard industries, including healthcare, to electronically submit injury and illness information — which they are already required to keep — to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has spent at least $2 billion on temporary employees since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a figure larger than previously reported contract worker costs, Politico reported July 17. 

Hospitals, health systems and provider organizations in Massachusetts have launched a multilingual digital campaign to recruit workers.

Hybrid work is not going away anytime soon, with office attendance stabilizing at 30 percent below pre-pandemic norms, according to a report from McKinsey Global Institute.

Private equity firms are making noise in healthcare with their aggressive acquisition of private practice physicians and 42 percent of hospital employees are considering moving to private practice, mostly due to the need for a better work-life balance, according to a recent survey from digital health platform Tebra.

The women's workforce has largely benefitted from the pandemic-spurred surge in remote work offerings. Millions of mothers with young children who left the workforce in 2020 found balance with the ability to work from home, and there are now more women in the labor force than ever.