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Nova Scotia pandemic pay to select health-care workers ‘insulting,’ say union leaders
COVID-19 pandemic to those who have had contact with patients in the past four months, with few exceptions.The Essential Health Care Workers Program was billed by Premier Stephen McNeil in May as a way to recognize “the hard work and unique challenges” health-care workers are facing during the outbreak which has left 63 people dead and more than 1,000 people in recovery to date.The province’s largest public-sector union, the Nova Scotia General Employment Union (NSGEU), has called the province’s eligibility restrictions “insulting,” saying the pandemic’s strain on the health-care system was not limited to those with patient contact.