Hospital Employees' Union
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Advocacy regarding affordable housing options for health care workers.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Health, Housing
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Advocate for improved occupational health and safety outcomes for health care and community social services workers and improved access to benefits for work-related injuries and illness.
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Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly, Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Health, Labour/Labour Relations
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Broad application of temporary pandemic pay to health care workers across the health care sector including those employed at sites that provide health care but are not funded directly or indirectly by the provincial government.
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Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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COVID-19, Finances and Budgets, Health
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Coverage of the costs of college registration fees for nurses working for health-authority-contracted service providers on a similar basis to existing programs for nurses covered in provincial public sector collective bargaining arrangements.
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Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Health, Labour/Labour Relations
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Extension of 12-week job search benefit period under WCB Policy C11-88-30 concerning vocational rehabilitation benefits.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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COVID-19, Labour/Labour Relations
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Extension of paid sick leave under the Employment Standards Act.
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Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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COVID-19, Labour/Labour Relations
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Extension of the "mental health presumption" under the Workers' Compensation Act to include all workers.
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Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly, Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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Employment and Training, Health, Hospitals, Labour/Labour Relations
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Implementation of a “presumption” under Schedule 1 of Workers’ Compensation Act that recognizes COVID-19 as an occupational disease and administered in a manner that recognizes the unique experience in the workplace of workers who are infected by this novel coronavirus.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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COVID-19, Labour/Labour Relations
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Improvements to the workers' compensation system, legislation, regulations and operations to better support injured workers and their families.
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly, Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
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Employment and Training, Health, Hospitals, Labour/Labour Relations, Poverty
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Promote safe, stable and high quality residential care, assisted living and home care services through increased staffing levels, enforceable standards of care and secure and standardized labour standards.
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Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation, Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
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Employment and Training, Finances and Budgets, Health, Labour/Labour Relations
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Promote the public and non-profit delivery of publicly funded health services and the public financing of health care infrastructure including acute care, long-term care, assisted living and community health.
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation, Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Finances and Budgets, Health, Labour/Labour Relations, Privatization and Outsourcing
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Promotion of programs utilizing Indigenous Health Workers in hospital settings in line with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action #22
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Health, Hospitals, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Labour/Labour Relations
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Provide advice on provincial government policies and directives guiding primary and community care, rural health care, mental health care, health human resources, and surgical services.
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Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly, Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Employment and Training, Finances and Budgets, Health, Labour/Labour Relations
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Provide Medical Services Plan coverage for migrant workers and students with "Maintained Status."
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Health, Human Rights
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Review and revision of the Ministry of Health’s mask policy for health care to provide health care workers with expanded access to additional Personal Protective Equipment like respirators in situations of COVID-19 transmission risk.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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COVID-19, Health, Hospitals, Labour/Labour Relations
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Seeking funding from the Ministry of Health for a program to support the education, training, and/or skills upgrading of health care workers so that they can advance their careers in the sector.
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Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Advanced Education, Education, Employment and Training, Health, Labour/Labour Relations
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Urging the application of a gendered and intersectional approach to analyzing the impact of government policies on the health care workforce.
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Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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COVID-19, Employment and Training, Health, Labour/Labour Relations
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