Recognizing the seniority of private sector nurses with the aim of bringing them into the public network will be a major challenge for the Legault government and FIQ as this can be perceived as an injustice by public sector nurses. .
Indeed, a nurse’s seniority on the public network is tied to her institution, either to her Integrated Health and Social Services Center (CISSS) or to her CIUSSSexplains in an interview Julie Bouchard, President of the Interprofessional Health Association (FIQ).
In other words, if a nurse changes or changes regions in the public network ZISS, the calculation of his seniority starts from zero, explains Ms. Bouchard. This public nurse will therefore find it injustice that a private nurse who comes to work in the same hospital as her, unlike her, will have her seniority fully recognised.
Seniority also plays a role in choosing vacation dates, as not all nurses are able to take vacations in July and August.
And in many cases, the criterion of seniority also counts in the allocation of positions, says Ms. Bouchard.
For this reason, this question of seniority requires delicate negotiations, while the Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dubé, wants to facilitate the return of nurses from private carriers to the public network, precisely in order to relieve the burden on the nurses on the public network.
It’s not easy to take on. It’s not like it’s easy
starts Mrs. Bouchard.
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