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Coronavirus: Manitoba unions wary of provincial work-reduction proposal
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Manitoba’s public-sector unions are wary of a proposed plan by Premier Brian Pallister to reduce the work week for non-essential government workers and Crown corporation employees in an effort to save money and avoid layoffs amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The proposal would see civil servants and other employees deemed non-essential — excluding health-care sector employees and teachers — work as few as two days a week while collecting federal employment insurance for the other days through a federal work share program.
However, public-sector employees are not currently able to access that program, although the federal government loosened restrictions to allow Manitoba’s Crown corporation employees to use the program.
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