Layoffs at eHealth Saskatchewan to stay within budget

SASKATOON – The provincial Crown corporation eHealth has cut 45 contract workers, although some will be rehired as regular fulltime employees.

The agency is responsible for Saskatchewan’s initiative on electronic health records.

The head of eHealth, Susan Antosh, says the contract cuts were needed because the agency hopes to find savings of about $6 million in order to stay within its budget.

The contracts cut represent about 15 per cent of the total number of people working at the agency.