“What they want to know is when they will receive their money”: nurses at the CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal will have to wait almost two more weeks to receive the premiums that were promised to them by the government last fall.
Posted at 11:38 a.m.
“We are indeed experiencing delays in the payment of exceptional bonuses announced by the government in recent months,” said Valérie Lafleur, from the media relations office of the CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île, by email. from Montreal. These delays are attributable to adjustments that had to be made with our payroll providers. ”
The payment date of some of these bonuses was finally confirmed at Press late Tuesday evening. “Our teams have recently had all the elements necessary to make this catch-up and the payment of the vast majority of these exceptional bonuses will be made on January 27,” announced Valérie Lafleur.
The nurses from the CIUSSS de l’Est-de-Montréal work in particular at the Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital. For some, it was the announcement of these bonuses that convinced them to return to the health care system.
One more frustration
“I am disgusted. It’s all over the place ”, told Press a nurse who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals from his employer. Until Tuesday, he had not received any of the amounts promised by the government of François Legault.
Remember that the Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dubé, offered bonuses ranging from $ 12,000 to $ 18,000 in the fall in the hope of recruiting 4,000 missing nurses.
“It may seem anecdotal, given the urgency of treating people. But when people expect to receive checks and the checks do not come in, it creates frustration which is added to other frustrations, ”said Denis Cloutier, president of the Union of healthcare professionals in the East of France. -l’Île-de-Montréal.
Several amounts have still not been seen on the pay stubs of the employees of this CIUSSS, specifies Denis Cloutier. For example, salary feedback, ie the difference between salaries before and after the signing of the new collective agreement paid retroactively. In addition, evening and night premiums, additional amounts for weekend shifts, an increase in the hourly rate for CHSLD staff and the first premium payments of $ 12,000 to $ 18,000 are also still missing. the call. “It becomes ridiculous for the delays in payments due to employees,” denounced Denis Cloutier.
This situation is not generalized to all of Quebec. Indeed, according to information from Press, several employers (including other CIUSSS in Montreal) have already made, or are in the process of making, the payments of these bonuses to their employees.