N.S. premier clarifies that nurses on maternity leave will receive $10K retention bonus
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NDP Leader Claudia Chender agreed with Churchill, saying the bonus felt rushed and that all nurses should get them.
Chender said she's heard from nurses who were told they are not receiving the incentive for various reasons — from maternity leave to being a permanent, but not full-time employee.
"In particular with the nurses on maternity leave, this is a problem throughout the professional universe. If you choose to have a child as a woman, you pay a penalty financially and career-wise and this would be one more penalty on top of that," Chender told reporters on Wednesday.
"If you work full time and decide to have a baby, does that mean that you didn't work full time and shouldn't be thanked or are less worthy of being retained? In my opinion, no." “