Workforce
The American Hospital Association offers these resources for addressing health care workforce issues for leaders of hospitals and health systems.
This paper is designed to continue the conversation around the concepts discussed in AHA's "Hospitals and Care Systems of the Future", and the AHA Workforce Center's "Workforce Roles in a Redesigned Primary Care Model" and "Reconfiguring the Bedside Care Team of the Future" and explore them in…
The AHA is proud to support National Apprenticeship Week, November 2-6, sponsored by the Department of Labor (DOL).
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce today voted 21-15 to approve legislation that would roll back the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer decision. Under the August decision, two separate entities are considered “joint employers” of the same employees if they have any…
The Senate Health, Labor, Education & Pensions Committee today held a hearing on the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer decision. Under the August decision, two separate entities are considered “joint employers” of the same employees if they have any degree of indirect or…
The AHA and Federation of American Hospitals today urged the National Labor Relations Board to affirm its long-standing position requiring the consent of both employers if a bargaining unit combines a sole employer’s workers with those found to be joint-employees with another employer.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) August 28 ruled that Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan., violated the National Labor Relations Act by denying two nurses’ requests for a union representative when they appeared before its nursing peer review committee, and by failing and refusing…
AHA to Sen. Klobuchar Expressing Support for the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act ( S. 1189)
The National Labor Relations Board today adopted a new union-advocated standard that two separate entities are “joint employers” of the same employees if they have any degree of indirect or reserved control over those matters governing the essential terms and conditions of employment of the…
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia yesterday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a National Labor Relations Board rule expediting union elections. The lawsuit by the Chamber of Commerce, Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and others argued that the rule exceeds the NLRB’s…