Healthcare/products companies and manufacturers, including hospitals, announced the third-most job cuts in 2023 among 30 industries and sectors measured, according to one new analysis.

While the quits rate was lower nationally at the end of November, the quits rate in the healthcare and social assistance sector stayed relatively consistent.

Maimonides Medical Center said it is scaling back its housing program for employees due to maintenance costs. 

The disconnect between Generation Zers and the companies that employ them is approaching a critical point, according to LinkedIn News. 

More stability is on the horizon for healthcare, which will give health systems an opportunity to innovate, transform and reclaim their culture, Greg Till, chief people officer at Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health System predicts. 

NYC Health + Hospitals rolled out a new care delivery model in 2023 that entails designating one staff member on each unit as a "well-being buddy" tasked with checking in and supporting colleagues.

Artificial intelligence isn't the only trend set to shape the landscape of work in 2024. Hybrid work and green hiring are other key trends that will be prevalent next year, an expert from LinkedIn told Fortune in a Dec. 24 report. 

Virginia plans to end funding for more than half of the community health workers employed at the state's local health districts, VPM reported Dec. 22. 

Massachusetts has become the first U.S. state to remove questions about healthcare professionals' mental health history and past drug use from credentialing processes, a noteworthy instance of stakeholder collaboration. 

Allan Calonge, chief people officer at Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health, will be thinking about how to support workers' intrinsic desires in 2024. 

Workforce retention is top of mind for the many healthcare leaders as staffing shortages run rampant.

The post-pandemic labor force has 1.5 million fewer individuals with some post-secondary education short of a bachelor's degree. This shortfall is hitting healthcare hardest, affecting wages and qualification levels among jobholders. 

Minnesota hospitals have lost nearly 1,000 hospital beds since 2020, MPR News reported Dec. 20.

Hospitals are seeing more relief on the job front as wider labor conditions become less volatile, according to a Dec. 20 report from Fitch Ratings. 

Managers' attempts to quell quiet quitting may be having the opposite effect than they intended, Forbes reported Dec. 14. 

Five healthcare professions have made a new ranking of America's most stressful jobs. 

Hospitals and nurses in Texas have developed a toolkit to help facilities comply with two new state laws designed to better protect healthcare employees from workplace violence.

All promotions are not created equally — and if leaders do not handle them appropriately, they could have a negative effect on employee retention, according to a Dec. 7 article in SHRM. 

Most hospitals and health systems are bolstering pay and benefits to help attract and retain talent amid increasing employee turnover, which is expected to continue to challenge the healthcare industry in 2024, according to a Dec. 13 survey published by Aon.

The layoff process used to be abrupt: a worker learns their job has been cut and they leave the same day (sometimes with a security escort). Now, some companies are alerting employees that their roles will be eliminated months in advance, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 10.