HEU to HEABC: More supports for health care workers needed
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The Hospital Employees' Union wrote the following letter to B.C.'s health employers in response to their decision last week to provide most nurses covered by the NBA agreement with a "working short" premium. Learn more about this from our newsletter of …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
April 1 adjustments to facilities collective agreement
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A number of negotiated premiums, differentials and wage adjustments in the 2019-2022 Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) collective agreement kick in this month. All are effective the first pay period after April 1, 2020. These include a general wage …
Last updated: Apr 15, 2020
HEU calls for safe work and fair pay
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The Hospital Employees’ Union is repeating its call for safe working conditions and fair pay in response to a wage boost health employers and government have provided to nurses. The Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) recently agreed to pay a …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
EXTENDED! Urgent deadline for health care workers as province moves towards single-site staffing to prevent COVID-19 spread
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The Provincial Health Office is asking health care workers employed at more than one site to indicate their preferences should they be restricted to a single site as part of public health efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19. HEU members working at …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Single-Site Directive: What You Need to Know
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The Provincial Health Officer (PHO) Dr. Bonnie Henry has given health authority medical health officers (MHOs) emergency powers to restrict long-term care workers to a single site in an effort to prevent transmission of COVID-19 to vulnerable seniors and …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Provincial Health Officer issues emergency order restricting long-term care workers to a single site
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B.C.’s Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry used her sweeping emergency powers under the Public Health Act to move towards restricting long-term care and assisted living workers to single sites right across the province. Dr. Henry issued two Orders …
Last updated: Jun 23, 2021
Operational changes at HEU to support members
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers are on the front lines to protect patients and workers. HEU has restructured its operations so that it can continue to provide support to members and Locals through this public health emergency. At the …
Last updated: Jun 23, 2021
Sweeping public health orders restrict long-term care workers to single site in effort to combat COVID-19 spread
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Over the weekend, public health officials from the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health authorities issued orders requiring workers in long-term care to register whether they work at other health care facilities, and to select a single site to work at for …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Vancouver Coastal orders long-term care staff to work at single site only
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This is a breaking development and information will be updated as available The Medical Health Officer in the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority has ordered all long-term care workers in the region to disclose to their employer whether they work or …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
COVID-19: HEU continues to take steps to safeguard members and the public
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HEU continues to take steps to protect the health and safety of members and the public in the face of a global COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak has now extended to a North Vancouver nursing home and an assisted living facility in West Vancouver, and …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021