A union says the nurse suspended for snacking on Langu is far from an isolated case. At CISSS de la Montérégie-Est, a beneficiary assistant was suspended for five days for eating discarded pizza during the pandemic. Other suspensions are sanctioned for “juicing,” drinking chocolate milk, or eating fries.
In recent years, beneficiaries in the CISSS de la Montérégie-Est have been punished in the same way as the Longueuil nurse, argues Daniel Laroche, president of the STT-CISSS Montérégie-Centre-CSN. It did in the most recent case.
One of them was suspended for a month because he “wanted to juice,” he says. Another was banned for a month for drinking chocolate milk. An employee who ate a handful of fries was given a one-week suspension, he said.
Mr. For LaRoche, these constraints are unnecessary. “In an environment where Minister Dubé wants to make the health network an employer of choice, I don’t think we’re going to encourage people to come into the network with disciplinary action up to a month’s suspension,” said Mr. Laroche.
The message it sends is that at the slightest deviation, the employer will allow it.
Daniel Laroche, President of STT-CISSS Montérégie-Centre-CSN
silver, The Journal of Montreal A nurse at CHSLD Chevalier-De Lévis in Longueuil was reportedly suspended for three days without pay for eating peanut butter toast intended for residents. After pressure from Quebec, the nurse was able to return to her duties on Monday and the CISSS apologized to the employee.
Paused for pizza
On May 25, 2021, a beneficiary assistant at CHSLD Monseigneur-Coderre in Longueuil noticed a resident was absent. She knows her food will be thrown away. She eats a slice of pizza before bringing Trey back to the kitchen.
Wasting this untouched food is out of the question, he says. “It’s absolutely scandalous, all the food being thrown away at CHSLD,” he said. Pres The aide spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.
In the following days, he was invited by the administration of the CISSS de la Montérégie-Est via video conference. Shocked, she refuses to eat the pizza.
I certainly defended myself badly because I was on the defensive and appalled by the treatment I was subjected to.
The employee spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation
She believes she was tipped off by one of her co-workers who saw her eating the pizza. Seeing her in the following days, the aide calls her the “food police.” She was met again by management.
A month and a half later, I received a letter stating that I had been suspended for five days without pay. His actions constituted a “gross breach” of his duties of “loyalty and integrity,” we read in the suspension letter. Pres received
“Eating is the purpose [aux usagers] and making comments about your co-workers that are inappropriate, negatively impact the work environment and in no way reflect the expectations of the company,” the suspension letter said.
According to the CISSS de la Montérégie-Est, this case is “very different” from the suspension of the nurse in Longueuil, “as it was in the process of observing the disciplinary action”.
The letter states that “coffee and toast are alleged to have been prepared at the unit, but these are employer-owned foods for users of our services”.
“I do a lot of activities with the residents in the afternoon, like reading or singing, and I serve them coffee,” she explains. He also uses one.
According to the head of the union, “food being thrown away in monumental quantities” is common. “I’ve never been told by an employer that if food goes in the trash, you don’t have the right to eat it,” says the former food service assistant and cook at Health Network a few years ago. .
On Tuesday, the union asked CISSS to review files similar to those of a nurse suspended for snacking. “We want the employer to treat all employees fairly and equally,” he says. For her part, CISSS Public Relations Officer, Carolyn Doucet indicated that “necessary corrective measures” will be taken so that a situation similar to the one that happened to the nurse does not recur.
