MultiCare Plans to Eliminate 138 Positions Across Nine Washington Cities, Including Yakima
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGWashington State Employment Security Department· filed September 8, 2026View the filing ↗
What we know
Location: Yakima, Washington (Permanent County).
Department affected: mixed clinical, leadership and support services (including clinical assistant nurse managers, ophthalmology assistants, patient experience representatives, optometrist clinics).
A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on September 8, 2026.
The layoff is planned between October 27, 2026 and January 1, 2027.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the WA state workforce agency.
Summary
Tacoma-based MultiCare Health System filed a WARN notice received Sept. 8 reporting planned job eliminations across nine Washington cities. The company said it will eliminate 138 positions due to "changing business needs," with cuts beginning Oct. 27 and continuing through the end of the year. One affected facility is the MultiCare Business Center at 15 W Yakima Ave; most listed locations will remain open, though an eyecare facility in Spokane Valley will permanently close. The notice covers other cities including Auburn, Federal Way, Lakewood, Olympia, Puyallup, Spokane, Spokane Valley and Tacoma and points affected workers to retraining resources through WorkSource.
MultiCare Health System disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the WA state workforce agency on September 8, 2026. The notice covers 138 employees in Statewide, WA (Permanent County), with the layoff effective October 27, 2026.
That is roughly 0.9% of the 15,000 people MultiCare Health System employs.
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