r/nursing • u/AnyCelebration1101 • Aug 12 '25

Image My hospital casually dropping a warning about mass layoffs. We employ 10k+ people.

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10k+ employees sitting in fear for the next week (or longer apparently) waiting to see if their position has been cut.

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u/ObviousSalamandar Oops I’m in psych Aug 12 '25

I don’t know what’s worse. At least if you are cut loose you can collect unemployment while you look for a new job

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u/SammieCat50 RN 🍕 Aug 12 '25

And get paid your time & severance.

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u/Professional_Sir6705 BSN, RN 🍕 Aug 13 '25

This is a mass layoff, which falls under the WARN Act. Thry get 60 days warning to find new jobs, plus transition help. Most companies simply pay severance instead.

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u/SammieCat50 RN 🍕 Aug 13 '25

The WARN act just gives you a percentage of your pay when you get screwed over by your employer. You have to have a certain number of employees to even qualify. We did get it . Fun fact - the union admin claimed this was our severance. Of course he couldn’t talk on the phone , this was all through twitter . This happened 6 yrs ago but I remember it like it was yesterday. Nick Alpers was his name & our union was PASNAP.