HealthLeaders Media HR - April 13, 2009 | Layoffs On the Rise, Litigation Too
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Layoffs On the Rise, Litigation Too
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media
When Grady Memorial Hospital CEO Michael Young announced in March the layoffs of 140 employees at the Atlanta safety net hospital, he said that some of the ousted workers were let go because they didn't mesh with his efforts to remake the "Grady culture". That may be true, but those words could come back to haunt Young if one of those employees feels they were unjustly let go for ill-defined "cultural" reasons. The fact is, layoffs are on the rise. So is litigation for wrongful discharge. [Read More] |
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