WINNIPEG --
Health-care workers reassigned or redeployed to specific areas in Manitoba during the pandemic are set to get a new benefit.
On Thursday, the Province of Manitoba said it had reached an agreement with the Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union (MGEU) and will now compensate the staff that have been redeployed or reassigned to 'priority areas' during the pandemic.
According to the province, these priority areas include personal care homes, intensive care units and COVID-19 units across Manitoba.
It said the agreement would enable health-care employers to make changes to employees' work assignments, locations, schedules, shift patterns, and hours. Any staff that are affected will receive an allowance each time their normal work schedule or location is disrupted with a reassignment or redeployment to these priority areas.