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In Canada, the Department of Health and Community Services has announced that registered nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador will receive more money and flexibility, after a new contract was officially ratified on July 24, CBC News reports.
The agreement between the provincial government and the Registered Nurses' Union was struck on July 1. Members have been voting on the deal throughout July.
On July 24, the province reportedly released some details of the contract. These included 2 per cent pay raises each year from 2022 to 2026 and a one-time bonus of $2,000 for each of the union's 5,800 members.
In a press release, Health Minister Tom Osborne said, "We are happy that the Registered Nurses' Union Newfoundland and Labrador has ratified this agreement, which provides a compensation package that is competitive with other provinces."
The new contract includes:
- Increased travel allowances for employer business.
- Flexibility to celebrate non-Christian holidays by substituting statutory holidays.
- Paid family violence leave.
- Addition of a mentorship programme.
- Enhancements to preceptorship programme.
- Operational improvements to shift scheduling.
Mr Osborne repeotedly said the contract is one step towards improving Newfoundland and Labrador's health-care system. The beleaguered system has struggled with staffing shortages and has become heavily reliant on travel nursing agencies, at a far greater costs than full-time nurses.
"While this agreement will help with retention and bring stability to the health care system, we continue to work on bringing more nurses into the system," the minister said in the release. "Our recruitment programs are working, and we look forward to more nurses filling vacancies this year and working with the RNUNL to improve work-life balance."
Source: CBC News
(Quotes via original reporting)
In Canada, the Department of Health and Community Services has announced that registered nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador will receive more money and flexibility, after a new contract was officially ratified on July 24, CBC News reports.
The agreement between the provincial government and the Registered Nurses' Union was struck on July 1. Members have been voting on the deal throughout July.
On July 24, the province reportedly released some details of the contract. These included 2 per cent pay raises each year from 2022 to 2026 and a one-time bonus of $2,000 for each of the union's 5,800 members.
In a press release, Health Minister Tom Osborne said, "We are happy that the Registered Nurses' Union Newfoundland and Labrador has ratified this agreement, which provides a compensation package that is competitive with other provinces."
The new contract includes:
- Increased travel allowances for employer business.
- Flexibility to celebrate non-Christian holidays by substituting statutory holidays.
- Paid family violence leave.
- Addition of a mentorship programme.
- Enhancements to preceptorship programme.
- Operational improvements to shift scheduling.
Mr Osborne repeotedly said the contract is one step towards improving Newfoundland and Labrador's health-care system. The beleaguered system has struggled with staffing shortages and has become heavily reliant on travel nursing agencies, at a far greater costs than full-time nurses.
"While this agreement will help with retention and bring stability to the health care system, we continue to work on bringing more nurses into the system," the minister said in the release. "Our recruitment programs are working, and we look forward to more nurses filling vacancies this year and working with the RNUNL to improve work-life balance."
Source: CBC News
(Quotes via original reporting)