Ascension Seton is grateful for the ability to protect associate pay during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In an email to 160,000 employees across the country earlier this week, Ascension President and CEO Joseph R. Impicciche said the health system will protect their pay if they’re temporarily assigned to different jobs or unable to work for reasons linked to COVID-19, as recently covered in Becker’s Hospital Review. In the email, Impicciche said that Ascension is committed to protect the pay of associates during this time of disruption from COVID-19, including a commitment to no layoffs and a variety of pay protections, and will ...