UMass Memorial Cuts More Jobs
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts hospital system has announced that it is either eliminating or reducing hours for almost 100 positions as a way to rein in costs.
UMass Memorial Health Care said in a statement Wednesday that more than 300 positions at the company's Worcester-based operations have been affected since October, 99 this week.
The positions are from a number of levels, including vice presidents, directors, managers and clinical staff.
Nearly a third of the 99 positions have been vacant since a hiring freeze was implemented several months ago.
The cuts are part of a plan to offset an operating loss of about $55 million in the 2013 fiscal year.
The system runs five hospitals and a doctors' group and employs about 13,000 people.
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