Pre-hospital workers at Urgences-santé are included as well as midwives and workers in RI (intermediate resources) and RTF (family-type resources).
This measure aims to convince workers to accept overtime because of the excesses observed in recent weeks in the network. This measure had been applied during the last year.
For the spokespersons of the intersyndical health unions, this is a good news
. Too bad, however, that it is so late, we add. We had announced a difficult summer.
The spokespersons for the FSSS-CSN, the APTS, the FIQ, the FP-CSN, the FSQ-CSQ, the SCFP-FTQ, the SPGQ and the SQEESM believe that other measures may be necessary. during the summer.
A measure of 50 million dollars
In Minister Christian Dubé’s office, a spokesperson specified that he ways had to be found to mobilize and the double time is a measure that had a positive impact during the fifth wave, in particular
.
The announced measure is estimated to cost $49.8 million.
According to Sylvain Gobeil, it should also be noted that we no longer have the decree allowing staff to be moved from one department to another, a measure which remains voluntary
.
The overtime rate granted has fluctuated between 4.8% and 8% since the beginning of the year.
More than 7,200 workers are absent due to COVID, according to the latest data from the MSSS.
A press conference on the evolution of the COVID-19 situation in Quebec is scheduled for Thursday by Dr. Luc Boileau.
