Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Vaccination requirements spur employee terminations, resignations: Numbers from 9 health systems

Health systems and states have continued to announce COVID-19 vaccination requirements for employees.

Med Center Health in Bowling Green, Ky, said 180 staff members were terminated because of its vaccination requirement.

After a two-week unpaid suspension period ending Sept. 14, 125 employees at IU Health left the Indianapolis-based organization after choosing not to receive the vaccine.

Lewis County Health System, a single-hospital system in Lowville, N.Y., said it will temporarily close its maternity unit after 30 staff resigned over the state mandate.

Tidelands Health fired one of its employees for not complying with the Georgetown, S.C.-based system's vaccine mandate.

Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina Health fired five of its employees for not complying with its mandate.

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health fired six workers for not complying with its mandate.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/vaccination-requirements-spur-employee-terminations-resignations-numbers-from-6-health-systems.html?origin=BHRSUN&utm_source=BHRSUN&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=4291B1376667H5I 

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