Erlanger hospital in ChattanoogaSome Erlanger Health System employees may see a bigger paycheck by the end of the year — if first they can help get their hospital back into the black.
The public hospital board’s finance committee approved a resolution Monday evening to fund salary increases and market adjustments for employees based on “gains from the expected improvements.”
“This is another way of including our employees in solutions that provide a team approach,” Erlanger interim CEO Charlesetta Woodard-Thompson told board members when she asked for approval of the resolution. “We want to make sure everyone has a buy-in and a stake in this project.”
Erlanger employees have not gotten a raise since October 2010, spokeswoman Pat Charles said.
The hospital saw deep financial losses in the fiscal year that ended June 30. Final financial numbers will not be released until September, but through the end of May, the hospital had lost about $15 million.