Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My understanding is that under the Canadian Human Rights Act and equal wage guidelines that were issued by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, government must adhere to the standards of people paid for work of equal value. I have already stated that there have been studies done to show that there is at least 60 percent overlap in the skills between RNs and LPNs. Would the Minister please explain to this House how the government can apparently circumvent the equal pay guidelines and the Canadian Human Rights Commission by providing these recruitment and retention bonuses to RNs and not LPNs? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Paul Delorey on Question 18-14(5): Recruitment And Retention Bonuses
In the Legislative Assembly on February 20th, 2002. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 18-14(5): Recruitment And Retention Bonuses
Question 18-14(5): Recruitment And Retention Bonuses
Item 7: Oral Questions
February 19th, 2002
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