Doug Ford agrees to $5,000 retention bonus for front-line nurses in Ontario, union says
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'The retention bonus negotiated today is for a lump-sum, $5,000 payment and the premier indicated that this will go to the Treasury Board as early as next week.'
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has agreed to a retention bonus for all front-line nurses in publicly funded facilities, a union representing nurses and health-care professionals says.
The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) said in a statement Friday that union president Cathryn Hoy negotiated the bonus in a meeting with the premier.
“The retention bonus negotiated today is for a lump-sum, $5,000 payment and the premier indicated that this will go to the Treasury Board as early as next week for approval and further details on implementation,” Hoy said in the statement.
Hoy said the premier has still not agreed to repeal Bill 124, a controversial bill that caps annual public sector wage increases at one per cent.
But Hoy noted, “We have negotiated concrete commitments to implement several measures to fix Ontario’s serious nursing shortage.”
Hoy said the government will resurrect the late-career nursing initiative and new graduate program and will work with the Ontario Hospital Association to ensure nurses can take time off.
The statement noted repealing Bill 124 is “not off the table for further discussion.”
The ONA said further discussions are planned regarding the nursing sector.
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