One week after confirming IT layoffs, Kaiser Permanente said it will cut 79 additional employees in California early next year.
A spokesperson for the Oakland, California-based health system said Tuesday the change will affect administrative roles. The layoffs are effective Jan. 4, according to Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification documents filed this month.
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Kaiser offers severance packages and career support to affected employees, and some may be hired for other positions at the organization, the spokesperson said.
None of the affected employees are union-represented, the spokesperson said.
In November, the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions approved a contract covering more than 85,000 frontline workers that includes a 21% pay increase over four years and a $23 hourly minimum wage requirement in all states except California, which requires $25 per hour. The agreement followed several months of negotiations and the largest healthcare strike in history in October.
Earlier this month, Kaiser said it had laid off 115 workers from IT positions, joining a growing number of health systems cutting those roles.
Kaiser has about 220,000 employees and is hiring for 13,200 open positions, the spokesperson said.
The nonprofit health system operates 40 hospitals and more than 600 medical offices, in addition to a health plan with 12.6 million members in eight states. It reported $239 million in third-quarter net income, compared with more than $1.5 billion in losses in the year-ago period.
