Hospital to cut workforce in 2017
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hennepin County Medical Center in downtown Minneapolis is planning to reduce its workforce by as much as 4 percent next year.
The hospital plans to eliminate up to 275 full-time positions to balance the budget and keep the opening of a $220 million ambulatory and outpatient surgery center on schedule for 2018, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
The hospital’s workforce totals about 6,800 people, according to Minnesota Public Radio. Hospital leaders haven’t said what types of workers are at risk for layoffs, though Chief Executive Jon Pryor told county commissioners that “everything’s on the table.”
Some jobs might be eliminated through attrition rather than through layoffs, according to Chief Financial Officer Derrick Hollings.
“At the end of the process, it is not our anticipation that the actual pink slips or layoffs will be 275,” he told the Star Tribune.
The workforce reduction will save the hospital $28 million. Proposed wage freezes would save another $3 million.
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