Roseville’s Adventist Health signs outsourcing deals that will cut nearly 650 jobs
Adventist Health will be outsourcing its security and environmental services starting in March. As a result, it will be eliminating 649 workers from its employment rolls at 13 facilities statewide.
Roseville-based Adventist said in letters to the California Employment Development Department that it was transferring jobs related to security and linen services to contractors that would be providing the services, adding that the company expected the contractors to offer positions to all the workers.
Their employment with Adventist ends March 7, according to the notice of mass layoffs that Adventist filed to comply with the WARN Act.
“Associates connected to this notice are not losing their jobs and remain employed at Adventist Health facilities in their local communities,” Adventist spokesperson Judy Leach said. “Transferring these services to new partners will make operations more efficient and will position us to better serve our patients and make care more affordable.”
She said Allied Universal will be offering jobs to employees who worked in security services for Adventist, and Crothall Healthcare and Sodexo would offer positions to Adventist workers who provide linen services. This realignment, she said, will improve quality and service outcomes because the employees would receive standardized training and report to subject management experts.
There was no word about whether the workers will receive the same compensation and benefits from the contractors.
Although the nonprofit health care company has its headquarters in the Sacramento region, it does not operate hospitals in the four-county area. The outsourcing of these business operations will affect roughly 200 individuals in nearby cities: 80 in Marysville, eight in Chico, 86 in Lodi and 21 in Yuba City.
Nearly 240 others in the Fresno area also will have to apply for jobs with the new company. This includes 150 at Adventist’s Hanford facilities, 45 at its Tulare hospital, and 44 in Reedley.
None of the affected employees are represented by a labor union, said Sylvia Munguia-Pittman, Adventist’s director of human performance, in a letter to the state EDD.
This story was originally published February 4, 2020 at 4:00 AM.
