Fairview Health cutting 240 jobs

Fairview Health Services is reducing its headcount by 240 this month in response to operating losses in the first quarter and uncertainty surrounding health care funding from the state of Minnesota.

Only 70 of the jobs being cut are considered layoffs. The rest are positions that are being left open after retirement and normal attrition, according to Ryan Davenport, a spokesman for the Minneapolis-based medical system. The job cuts equate to a little more than 1 percent of Fairview’s 21,000 person total workforce.

From: Biz Journals