[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]In the memo, the health authority also says that redeployments are currently underway to move staff “in an effort to lend a hand in at-risk sectors.”When contacted by Global News, a CIUSSS spokesperson said in a statement that statutory holidays will be maintained.Staff are asked to “voluntarily cancel” their vacations — but that in the absence of volunteers, the health authority will use the ministerial decree to do so.“This application will only be used in the event of a breakdown in service.
Holidays for the 2020 holiday season are not canceled by default,” the health authority says.Elizabeth Rich, who works with the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du.