Incentives
Manitoba health-care workers are benefiting from new, long-term collective agreements, with competitive compensation, special incentives and many monetary and non-monetary benefits.
Specific benefits and incentives vary by profession, work location and shift worked, but may include:
Nursing
- Overtime at double pay
- Worked holidays at 2.5x pay
- Full time incentives – full time nurses working in the public health system may be eligible for up to 10,000 per year
- Weekend Super Premiums – offering an additional $8 per hour for eligible nurses and shifts
- Evening/night/weekend premiums for eligible nurses
- Generous health spending accounts
- Reimbursement for professional licensing fees in 2023 and 2024
- Provincial Nursing Float Pool incentives
- Nurses Recruitment and Retention Fund grants
- Nurses eligible to retire during the eligible period and who remain in the workforce in a full-time position (minimum 0.7EFT) are eligible for up to $10,000 over two years
- Returning nurses who accept a full-time position with an eligible employer for a two year period may be eligible for up to $10,000.
- *all incentives are subject to specific eligibility requirements
Allied Health
- Overtime at double pay
- Worked holidays at 2.5x pay
- Full time incentive – full time allied health workers in the public health system may be eligible for a $5,000 payment
- Return of Service Recruitment and retention incentive – returning employees or existing employees who are eligible for retirement and who continue working in the public system for a two year period may be eligible for up to $10,000.
- Weekend Super Premiums – offering an additional $8 per hour for eligible workers and shifts
- Evening/night/weekend premiums for eligible allied health staff
- Generous health spending accounts
- Reimbursement for professional licensing fees in 2023 and 2024
*all incentives are subject to specific eligibility requirements
Community & Facility Support
- Overtime at double pay
- Worked holidays at 2.5x pay
- Weekend Super Premiums – offering an additional $8 per hour for eligible workers and shifts
- Generous health spending accounts
- Reimbursement for professional licensing fees in 2023 and 2024
*all incentives are subject to specific eligibility requirements
Physician Assistants and Clinical Assistants
- Overtime at double pay
- Worked holidays at 2.5x pay
- Generous health spending accounts
- Reimbursement for professional licensing fees in 2023 and 2024
*all incentives are subject to specific eligibility requirements
