McLaren St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, will lay off 743 workers when it permanently closes this spring, according to a notice filed with state regulators.
The 300-bed hospital anticipates May 8 as its last day of accepting new patients, with employees notified of separations starting March 15 through May 15 “as operations wind down with low census and particular hospital functions no longer being needed,” according to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification.
Of the 743 layoffs, 239 (32 percent) are registered nurses. Other roles with more than a dozen workers affected include physical therapists, radiology technicians, respiratory therapists, pharmacists and pharmacy support staff, and nursing assistants. The hospital’s COO is also affected. No physician roles were listed among the affected.
When it announced the closure plans March 3, Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care said it was working with Cincinnati-based Mercy Health to finalize an asset purchase agreement in which Mercy would acquire McLaren St. Luke’s facilities, land and physical assets. As part of that agreement, McLaren said Mercy expected to extend employment to a “significant percentage of McLaren St. Luke’s physicians and employees.”
The WARN notice does not specify how many McLaren employees would transition to Mercy. Becker’s has reached out to Mercy for figures on how many employees will transition to the system and will update this report as that information is made available.
