No layoffs during life of new contract: RNU
The Registered Nurses’ Union of Newfoundland and Labrador (RNU) reached a tentative agreement on March 26 with the provincial government and four regional health authorities.
The tentative agreement includes a core staffing review in select areas to be conducted to assess the workload of RNs, the creation of 35 additional permanent float positions, an extension of maternity/adoption/parental leave and select benefits from 52 weeks to 78 weeks, strengthened professional-practice language, no layoffs to achieve provincial budgetary expenditure reductions during the life of the agreement and a forum through the office of the status of women to discuss workplace violence prevention in healthcare, said the union.
