Workload crisis and its toll on mental health
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Content warning: Death and depression Health care has the highest rate of work-related injuries in B.C. Injury claims are twice the provincial average – and four times higher for those working in long-term care. But there’s a growing number of mental …
Last updated: Feb 1, 2022
Photo project lifts residents’ spirits
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How did you get involved in photographing residents? Back in the 2000s, after the Gordon Campbell layoffs, I took advantage of some backpay. I bought a digital camera. And when I retired in 2009, I received a gift certificate, and purchased some lighting …
Last updated: Jan 18, 2022
Bargaining committee prepares for negotiations next month
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HEU’s Facilities Bargaining Committee is wrapping up a three-day session to prepare for upcoming negotiations with health employers for a renewed collective agreement covering 58,000 health care workers. It was the first time the committee has met since …
Last updated: Mar 14, 2022
Municipal Pension Plan changes effective January 1, 2022 address inequities in retirement payouts
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The Municipal Pension Plan (MPP) provides guaranteed lifetime pensions for members who are covered. The majority of HEU members employed under public sector agreements are enrolled in the plan. If you’re a plan member, it’s one of your most valuable …
Last updated: Jan 17, 2022
EDMP survey sent to selected members
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If you're an HEU member who took part in the Enhanced Disability Management Program (EDMP) between April 2019 and March 2020, you may be receiving a survey by email this week. Members have been chosen randomly, and will be invited to provide feedback …
Last updated: Jan 11, 2022
Health care system braces for impact of new variant
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As B.C. braces for the impact of the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, public health officials are taking additional measures to protect health care services. Beginning January 1, long-term care homes will be open to essential visitors only in an effort …
Last updated: Dec 31, 2021
Guardian: Winter 2021
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Last updated: Dec 22, 2021
It's important to maintain that connection with our patients
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“I am a care aide and I work at a cancer center as well as at a hospital. I really never used to be afraid to go to work. I hit a really, really bad place in February. I don't think I realized how COVID was affecting me. I feel a lot of the negativity …
Last updated: Feb 1, 2022
RJH housekeepers at Patient Care Centre to be included in repatriation
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The return of contracted-out housekeeping services at Royal Jubilee Hospital to the health authority will now include those working at the Patient Care Centre (PCC) at Royal Jubilee Hospital, says the Hospital Employees’ Union. In August, the province’s …
Last updated: Dec 13, 2021
Focus on safe work and wage increases as HEU prepares for facilities bargaining
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Delegates to HEU’s Facilities Bargaining Conference say employers and government must invest in safer workplaces, more staff, and higher wages. The union is preparing for negotiations with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) for the renewal of …
Last updated: Dec 8, 2021