In a move to help with recruitment in an increasingly competitive health-care field, the operator of London's two largest hospitals is offering employees a $1,500 incentive to refer people for vacant positions.

The hospital says the one-time incentive is paid to London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) employees if they recommend external candidates for vacant roles.

In order for the employee who referred the employee to collect, the new hire has to be the successful candidate and stay in the position for 10 continuous months. Also, the program is not available for executives, leaders and hospital recruitment staff.

Julia Marchesan, the hospital's vice-president of human resources, said 16 other Ontario health-care organizations already have some form of employee recruitment incentive.

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