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CarePoint Hospitals Could Lay Off 2,600 Workers In New Jersey: State
CarePoint Health, which owns hospitals in Bayonne, Jersey City, and Hoboken could cut employees in December, a WARN notice says.
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — CarePoint Health, which owns Bayonne Medical Center, Christ Hospital and Hoboken University Medical Center, could part ways with more than 2,600 employees by the end of this year, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) advisory on the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development website.
CarePoint Health could lay off a total of 859 workers from Bayonne Medical Center, 843 workers from Christ Hospital in Jersey City, and 900 workers from Hoboken University Medical Center, according to the WARN notice.
The layoffs would take effect on Dec. 12.
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A CarePoint spokesperson offered the following statement regarding the possibility of layoffs:
"Despite facing increasingly daunting financial challenges, CarePoint Health remains committed to delivering best in class healthcare services to the people of Hudson County and the system is exploring various strategic financial restructuring options to support that vision. It is critical to note that the system's three local hospitals are not facing any imminent threat of closure and no final decisions regarding layoffs have been made at this time. We are grateful to CarePoint's incredibly dedicated physicians and staff for their commitment to excellence and partnership during this period and will continue to do whatever is possible to ensure that they can keep providing exceptional and essential healthcare service to the communities we serve."
WARN notices offer protection to workers, their families and communities by requiring employers to provide notice 60 days in advance of plant closings and mass layoffs.
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Financially beleaguered Carepoint Health has struggled since converting to a nonprofit in 2021. Recently in January, Carepoint joined Hudson Regional Hospital, formerly Meadowlands Hospital in Secauus, to form a new healthcare system. Read More: Carepoint And Hudson Regional Hospitals To Form New Health Care System
Correction: A previous version indicated the layoffs were imminent instead of a possibility at this time.
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