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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Overbuilt infrastructure, or just the right amount with no staff for it?
If overtime is the issue, maybe we should ask why is it that we require it? Not enough staff so the ones there need to work longer hours? From what I have seen when nurses are working OT it is becuase they are caring for patients, not becuase they want to be there longer.
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Being a regular frequenter of Timberline, you'll be able to tell us how many <1.0 FTE nurses AHS has.
For others who don't know the flip side of FUZZ' grinding axe, the union has a pretty sweet deal. Massive amounts of nurses take on 0.5 or 0.8 FTE (full time equivalent) roles, and then pick up extra hours at over time rates, so they end up making massive bucks for in effect just doing a 1.0 FTE. If you count number of staff and number of hours, the balance is good, but nurses keep insisting on less than 1.0 FTE roles so they can milk the system. In a 2012 report, it showed only 28% of AHS nurses work full time. Two or three part time nurses totaling 1.0 FTE is wayyyy more expensive than a single full time nurse, because of how benefits and other overhead works, let alone the overtime scam that is implemented. Some will ask, why not just make most jobs 1.0 FTE and the nurses take or not. Reason is, many of those getting the sweet 0.5 FTE plus megabucks overtime are more senior, and the union (which is led by a bunch of part time nurses) steps in there. You see the fix?
A report issued earlier this year showed that about 10,000 AHS front-line staff (IE nurses, not doctors) made over $100,000 per year:
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Nearl...769/story.html
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The document shows that as of 2013, a total of 9,786 AHS workers crossed the $100,000 threshold. <...> massive escalation of salaries and benefits since 2009, when 4,688 employees earned that rate.
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AHS said most of its employees making over $100,000 are front-line workers who often earn overtime.
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non-unionized staff receiving $100,000 or more has declined by 13 per cent in recent years.
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Put those excerpts together, read between the lines, and then you do the math.
Thank you FUZZ for raising this topic. It is interesting indeed.