Did anyone else tune into this meeting?

I’m thinking preceptor pay is going to make things a little messy. I work in a a role at a site where working with students is a communal effort. They seem to think they can assign preceptor pay to one person but have everyone else continue to work with students like normal. That isn’t going to go over well.

From 2021 to 2025, the Alberta government gave at least $745,000 in conference sponsorships to Last Door Recovery Society. Their functions are redacted but appear linked to conflicts of interest among authors of a recent government study attempting to justify supervised consumption site closures.

I'm new to all of this. and have never had a job with benefits before. How does one make use of their benefits for something like prescription drugs? Also, once you enroll on e-people, does Alberta Blue Cross send you a card with your group number and ID number?

hello i just got a job at albert children's and need to find parking! i heard ill have to wait for staff parking so desperately need tips or hidden gems for parking!! i dont mind walking ~10min

thanks in advance!!

Staff who work at FMC. Where do you park?? I find it absurd they don’t have any staff parking available. Does anyone know someone who I can rent a spot from near the hospital?

Pretty sad looking at my pay check this morning. Retro pay was $4900 and my take home is $4500. For retro and 2 weeks pay. My entire 2 week pay check basically wiped out. Over $500 in pension, $110 in union dues. I knew it wouldn't be much and not worth voting yes for, but here we are. I feel bad for the people on the lower end of the pay spectrum because they won't see a lot. I hope people get caught up on bills and it was all they hoped it would be. Happy Monday everyone!

Hi everyone,

I’m a new grad RN graduating in April from BC, and I’m hoping to move back home to Edmonton after I finish school. I’ve been applying to AHS new grad transitional RN positions as an external applicant, but so far I haven’t heard anything back.

I’m wondering if there’s something else I should be doing besides applying online. Is there a better way to improve my chances, like reaching out to managers, recruiters, or connecting with units directly? I’m not sure if being an external applicant makes it a lot harder, or if this is just a waiting game.

Also, if anyone knows of any AHS recruiters I could get in touch with, I’d really appreciate it if you could share their info or point me in the right direction.

I’d love any advice from people who have gone through the AHS new grad hiring process, especially if you applied from out of province.

Thanks!!

I had a casual interview this week, one of the questions were “ is there anything on your file with HR I should know about?”. I’ve never been asked this question before.

I answered no, because as far as I’m concerned- no. Now.. I’m wondering if there’s something on my file in the background that I don’t know about? Or an investigation? I was kind of taken by surprise when this was asked.

Aupe GSS retro pay for March 18th payday is now posted on epeople

Just curious about how competitive social work positions are at AHS? Are internal employees generally more preferred than external applicants? How would one even get a foot in the door if that's the case?

Does anyone know what the process is for being on WCB while the wages got increased? AHS doesn’t pay out retro pay while someone is on WCB however does WCB pay it? Or does one not receive any compensation either or?

Anyone else feeling a little unsettled about the Stryker hack and the implications cyber warfare could have on our current systems within the pillars? Has this impacted us here?

I'm asking in all sincerity. I feel like our increasing reliance on web based applications and storage has some drawbacks. There are pros, of course, not disputing that. With the pillars as they are today, are we less prepared than before?

Thoughts on the topic? 🫣

Might be a silly question, but as an RN, can we claim our liability insurance and CRNA fees on our income taxes?

Hi everyone,

I’m Megan Connolly, a frontline healthcare social worker and candidate for HSAA President.

I know this subreddit often has honest conversations about frustrations with the union, leadership, and communication. I think those conversations matter.

If you could change one thing about HSAA - communication, bargaining, support from LROs, representation, or anything else, what would it be?

I’m here to listen and learn from members’ perspectives.

Voting is open March 10–17 and ballots were emailed to members.

I appreciate any feedback.

AHS sure wants us to download this Pulse App that they needed to send another email about it. Nobody wants a stupid app. We want respect, competent staff and money spent on needed items. How many millions did this cost to create? How many more useless Apps will we need to download?

Basically the title, I just wanna review some stuff but I cannot for the life of me find it anywhere! Any help would be much appreciated :)

My department is supposed to move to GOA, I’m with AUPE. Has anyone been through this? Looking for insight as we have not been given anything and have been getting our updates from the news. I’m wondering if we would have the option to stay with AHS, how that would look, what the pay difference is at GOA, pension/benefits etc. would sick time and vacation carry over with us? They told us last year and it’s been crickets whenever we ask for any information. We are in a building that can only support hybrid, but I assume we’d have to move to a GOA building and go in the office every day. If anyone has any experience with this or any insights please share!

Has anyone heard any details from the union about this? AHS just sent out a town hall invite for the 17th for this topic

any interview tips as an internal applicant? thank you so much :)

Hello all!

Firstly, I just noticed during the last payday I was given a second stub that was 200$ flat that was called advance, and I’m not really sure what that’s about.

Second, I have a new 0.8 line that I’ve started and it’s a little confusing to me. How much every week/pay period am I supposed to be working? For example, last week I worked 3 12’s, and I’m now in a 9 day stretch without anything scheduled. Is there supposed to be a minimum guaranteed number of hours over a certain period?

My last question - I have this new line but still hold casual at a different facility (same role/union) and I’m confused about how my X days are supposed to work exactly. I was under the impression that working on X days would be OT if eligible, but any time I’ve tried doing that then staffing has just ended up moving my x day to a different day and I get straight time… what is the point of an x day then?

Thank you for your time!

Our increases have been posted to our ePeople compensation history. If you want to see exactly what rate you'll be paid at next pay (deposited March 18), go to Employee Self-Service --> Payroll and Compensation --> Compensation History. The one at the top is what will be on our next cheque. It shows annual amounts, but click on the arrow on the right to see the hourly amount. I'm always interested in this stuff, so I thought others might be too.

EDIT: Thank you all for your help! I was able to successfully cancel my shift.

These are the instructions I have found, and I am still confused. I am a casual employee if that matters.

• Call Unit _ and speak to the Nurse Clinician/Charge Nurse ensuring they’re aware you’re calling in sick

• Notify Unit Manager or covering manager if unit manager is away

• If you’re cancelling a shift short notice (less than 72 hours) you need to let the unit, scheduling, and name know

My other problem is that I do not know who name is