Kaiser To Lay Off Up To 50 Employees In Hawaii

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii announced that it will lay off up to 50 of its employees by the end of the year, and that more layoffs could happen next year.Employees will be notified by Nov. 14 if they will be among those laid off.

More than 4,700 people work for Kaiser in Hawaii.

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The layoffs are a necessary part of a restructuring plan that is needed because of rising costs, a spokeswoman for Kaiser said.The health care company said that none of its 380 physicians is part of the layoffs.