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The Quebec government has announced it will provide nurses with financial bonuses of up to $18,000 as part of its emergency plan to fix the staffing crisis in the province's health-care network.
Bonuses of $15,000 will go to full-time nurses and part-time nurses in the public system who are willing to work full-time, and nurses who have quit will get $12,000 if they come back, Premier François Legault announced Thursday afternoon. Nurses in regions particularly hard hit by the pandemic could receive bonuses of $18,000.
He said the plan would cost close to $1 billion, but that the government had to offer financial incentives as thousands of exhausted workers fled the system during the pandemic.
"Nurses have taken care of us for a long time. It's time we take care of them," Legault said.
Health Minister Christian Dubé said only 60 per cent of nurses in the public system work full-time, adding that this is "not enough."
He hopes the incentives will convince an extra 15 per cent to work full time and attract about 4,300 nurses back into the system.
Dubé said having more nurses working would improve schedules and significantly reduce forced overtime, which became a common practice during the pandemic.
The government also hopes to reduce the widespread use of private temp agency workers.
"The public network has to be the better place to work, not these agencies," Legault said.
The Quebec government has announced it will provide nurses with financial bonuses of up to $18,000 as part of its emergency plan to fix the staffing crisis in the province's health-care network.
Bonuses of $15,000 will go to full-time nurses and part-time nurses in the public system who are willing to work full-time, and nurses who have quit will get $12,000 if they come back, Premier François Legault announced Thursday afternoon. Nurses in regions particularly hard hit by the pandemic could receive bonuses of $18,000.
He said the plan would cost close to $1 billion, but that the government had to offer financial incentives as thousands of exhausted workers fled the system during the pandemic.
"Nurses have taken care of us for a long time. It's time we take care of them," Legault said.
Health Minister Christian Dubé said only 60 per cent of nurses in the public system work full-time, adding that this is "not enough."
He hopes the incentives will convince an extra 15 per cent to work full time and attract about 4,300 nurses back into the system.
Dubé said having more nurses working would improve schedules and significantly reduce forced overtime, which became a common practice during the pandemic.
The government also hopes to reduce the widespread use of private temp agency workers.
"The public network has to be the better place to work, not these agencies," Legault said.
