Covid Burnout

• Canada’s unfilled health-care jobs doubled since pandemic began: StatCan

  The report shows the number of unfilled health-care jobs in Canada reached an all-time high in 2022 and that staff are missing an extra week on average due to illness.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2023
  
• 1 in 5 health workers in Canada put in overtime in 2021 as COVID spread: study

  The CIHI said Thursday that more than one in five health-care workers put in overtime in 2021, and that the average overtime hours were the highest in more than a decade.

  Health

  Nov 17, 2022
  
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• Hospitals grapple with ‘historical’ staff absences, burnout amid 6th COVID wave

  Infectious disease specialists say a growing number of health-care workers are calling in sick with COVID-19, while many are also struggling with burnout from the pandemic.

  Health

  Apr 12, 2022
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• Health workers call for radical changes to health care to treat pandemic burnout

  Health workers have now endured two difficult years of pandemic conditions, leading to serious burnout across nearly all sectors of the health-care system.

  Health

  Mar 10, 2022
• ‘The clocks are resetting’: Nova Scotians brace for restrictions as COVID-19 numbers spike

  COVID-19 fatigue and burnout have become all too familiar over the past two years. Now, with new restrictions less than 48 hours away, residents are bracing. 

  Health

  Dec 15, 2021
• ‘COVID, COVID, COVID’: Experts say fatigue over virus in N.B., N.S. normal

  Consultant Stacie Smith says it's really surprised her how alone people feel, even though they're all going through the same thing.

  Health

  Oct 14, 2021
• Bumble gives entire staff a week off to recover from COVID-19 burnout

  Earlier this year, Royal Bank of Canada decided to give staff an extra day off in 2021 as workers reported feeling more burnt out than ever with the COVID-19 pandemic dragging on.

  World

  Jun 23, 2021
• Want to keep staff amid COVID-19? Target burnout, experts say

  Recruitment agencies and workers say employers need to ensure they stamp out any unhealthy work practices as the pandemic drags on.

  Canada

  May 24, 2021
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• RBC giving staff an extra day off this year as workers feel ‘more exhausted’

  Exhaustion and stress amid the COVID-19 pandemic is more prevalent among Canada's workforce compared to the global average, according to Microsoft’s latest annual Work Trend Index.

  Health

  Apr 8, 2021