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Employees recalled with lots of dollars
Posted on May 7, 2020 by Simon Domin?
Hundreds of dollars more per month to work in the “red zones”: this is what the Quebec government promised to employees of the health network on May 7, when 11,600 of them are missing. the call and that the deconfinement of Greater Montreal is postponed.
It was the President of the Treasury Board, Christian Dub?, who made the announcement alongside Prime Minister Fran?ois Legault. In the hope of strengthening the presence at work and favoring the retention of personnel, Quebec will increase an additional $ 70 million per month in order to have the necessary troops in the "red zones", that is to say where COVID-19 strikes with the most virulence.
Thus, each employee working in a CHSLD in the province, regardless of their job category, will be able to count on a bonus of $ 100 more per week.
This premium will be doubled in CHSLDs which have at least one confirmed case of COVID-19. In such a case, it will be an additional bonus of $ 200 after two weeks of full-time work in a row.
The same is provided for in hospitals designated as “red zones”, but only for the following categories of workers: nurses (clinicians and auxiliaries), respiratory therapists, beneficiary attendants and maintenance attendants.
Note that Quebec will offer subsidies to private seniors (RPA, RI, RIT, CHSDL), so that these establishments are able to offer the same type of bonuses.
Finally, a bonus of $ 2,000 which can be added to those listed above will be available for workers from regions who volunteer to go to work in the most critical areas: Laval, Montreal and Mont?r?gie.
These incentives will make up for the shortage of personnel, believes Qu?bec, by encouraging those who are absent to return and by encouraging people who work part-time (almost 50% in the entire network and more than 60% in CHSLDs) to opt. for full time.
This lack of staff is one of the reasons that force Fran?ois Legault to postpone to May 25 "if and only if everything is fine", the deconfinement (shops and schools) in Greater Montreal.
As he explained, the control of the contagion and the number of beds available to accommodate patients are the two variables that the government and Public Health take into account to authorize or not the gradual deconfinement of a region.
Outside of Greater Montreal, these conditions seem to be met according to the government, but in the Quebec metropolis, the epidemic is not under control and there are not enough staff to operate the available beds.
The Prime Minister made a point of explaining why his government had set the critical age for return to work the day before at 70; an announcement that sparked outrage and concern among older workers.
With graph in hand, Fran?ois Legault has shown that 91% of the 2,631 deaths recorded in Quebec since the start of the crisis were people aged 70 and over.
The Prime Minister noted that no deaths have been reported among those under 30 and that they remain marginal until the age of 50. In the 50-59 age group, the mortality rate due to COVID-19 is 1.5%. It then climbs to 6.5% among 60-69 year olds, 17% among 70-79 year olds, before reaching peaks among 80-89 year olds (40%) and over 90 years old (33%).
These figures make Mr. Legault say that there is no zero risk, but that it is "reasonable" and "low" for those under 70 years of age. This is why he believes that 60-69 year olds who do not suffer from illness can return to work while respecting the rule of physical distance of two meters or by wearing a mask if this is not possible.
He did not want to minimize the impact that this virus can have on human health. "What I am told is that it is very painful," he agreed.
Legault also pointed out that Quebec remains one of the places in the world where the most COVID-19 screening tests are performed and that as of May 5, 10,000 were performed daily. The government remains hopeful of further increasing this figure.
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