Here are four hospitals and health systems that have recently raised or plan to raise their minimum wage for employees:
1. Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare plans to boost its minimum wage to $15 per hour by January 2022 for all staff, including workers with Optima Health.
2. Richmond, Va.-based Bon Secours Mercy Health pledged to invest $17 million over the next three years to raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour.
3. Loyola Medicine, a three-hospital system based in Maywood, Ill., increased its minimum wage to $15 per hour, affecting about one-third of its workforce.
4. Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health bumped pay for more than 10,000 employees from $12.50 per hour to $13.50 per hour.