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Financial
SEIU: Hospital Chain with Record of Bilking Taxpayers and Cutting Services Now Wants to Slash Pay at St. Francis Hospital in Lynwood, Even as Workers Treat COVID-19 Patients
LYNWOOD, Calif., May 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Prime Healthcare Services has told workers at St. Francis Medical Center it intends to slash wages…
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COVID-19
Coronavirus Layoffs: Lyft, Boeing Latest To Cut Workers Amid Pandemic
April 29, 2020 / Lisette Voytko, Forbes Staff Topline: As the coronavirus pandemic keeps Americans confined to their homes, nearly every…
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COVID-19
As Governors Urge Businesses To Reopen, Workers May Be Pushed Off Unemployment
April 29, 2020 / VANESSA ROMO There’s a call Laura Jean Truman is dreading, and she’s convinced it’s just a…
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Financial
State, local governments expecting layoffs amid push for federal assistance
April 23, 2020 / By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News State and local governments across the country are expecting to lay off…
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COVID-19
Cost-effective canopy protects health workers from COVID-19 infection during ventilation
April 23, 2020 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor Healthcare workers are rightly being lauded as heroes as they hunker down on…
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Conformis Announces Return to Work of Furloughed Employees
BILLERICA, Mass., April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Conformis, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFMS) announced today that, due in large part to a…
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COVID-19
Nurses are protesting working conditions under coronavirus — and say hospitals aren’t protecting them
April 20, 2020 / By Janelle Griffith A nurse at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles said she was sent home…
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COVID-19
Begging for Thermometers, Body Bags, and Gowns: U.S. Health Care Workers Are Dangerously Ill-Equipped to Fight COVID-19
April 20, 2020 / BY ZOË SCHLANGER As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow in the U.S., health care…
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Financial
Another 5 million people filed jobless claims last week, bringing total to almost 22 million in one month
April 16, 2020 / By David Gura Around 5 million more people filed for first-time unemployment claims last week, as the…
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COVID-19
True toll of COVID-19 on U.S. healthcare workers unknown
April 15, 2020 / Christina Jewett and Liz Szabo, Kaiser, Health News The number of healthcare workers who have tested…
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Extremities
10 layoffs, furloughs in the spine & orthopedic industry
April 14, 2020 / Written by Alan Condon The widespread suspension of elective surgeries due to the COVID-19 pandemic is…
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COVID-19
Thousands of health care workers infected with coronavirus, CDC report finds
April 14, 2020 / By The Associated Press Between 10 percent and 20 percent of U.S. coronavirus cases are health care…
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COVID-19
‘We Carry That Burden.’ Medical Workers Fighting COVID-19 Are Facing a Mental Health Crisis
April 10, 2020 / BY TARA LAW As a critical care doctor in New York City, Monica is used to dealing with…
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COVID-19
Expect More Jobs And More Automation In The Post-COVID-19 Economy
April 10, 2020 / Shahin Farshchi, Contributor The COVID-19 pandemic has halted economic activity globally. Factories and warehouses are forced…
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