ST. LOUIS—By the end of May, nearly 300 non-union healthcare workers will be unemployed after a local healthcare provider lost its federal contract. 

What You Need To Know

  • Spectrum Healthcare Resources, unaffiliated with Spectrum News, will layoff 280 healthcare workers by May 29, 2025

  • The employer said because the US Government awarded a contract to another vendor, they were forced to layoff workers

  • Most of the impacted employees work remote and are located throughout the US

  • Of the layoffs, over 200 are nurses

Spectrum Healthcare Resources (SHR), unaffiliated with Spectrum News, issued their mandatory notice to the Missouri Department of Workforce Development that they would lay off 280 employees by May 29, 2025. SHR provides medical professionals that serve military personnel, veterans, and federal workers.

“SHR has unfortunately lost its contract to provide Nurse and Vocational Rehabilitation services for the Department of Labor effective May 29, 2025,” stated Patti Franczak, Vice President Human Resources for SHR. “Due to this contract termination, SHR is forced to initiate a reduction in force, which will affect a number of employees who are directly involved in the provision of these services.”

A breakdown of the laid off positions:

  • 2 Site Program Managers, one full-time and one part-time
  • 1 full-time Quality Assurance Analyst
  • 8 Triage Nurses that are part-time/per diem
  • 198 Field Nurses including 18 that are full-time and 180 that are part-time/per diem
  • 71 Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors that are part-time/per diem

She added the layoffs are expected to impact employees who work remote and are located throughout the United States.

The US Government awarded the contract to other vendor(s), according to SHR.