Remember these golden rules to keep each other safe in our new normal:
👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Only get together in small groups of 2-6 people
↔️ Keep 2 metres distance
🤚Wash your hands often
🏠 Stay home and away from others if you feel sick
More info: https://t.co/cSMUXJHjZr #COVIDBC pic.twitter.com/qmASVR8G9f

— BC Government News (@BCGovNews) May 17, 2020

2020年5月19日(火)よりBC州再開計画のフェーズ2が始まりました。

そんな中、以前カナダ連邦政府がカナダ全土のエッセンシャルサービス従事者の給与を引き上げる予定であることを発表したのを覚えているでしょうか？

そのサポートを受ける資格のある労働者と、彼らが受けるサポートの量は各州と準州に任されていましたが、ついに本日5月19日にBC州から詳細の発表がありました。

BC州政府が医療従事者＆ソーシャルワーカーの時給を4ドル・16週間の増額を発表

本日19日(火)、BC州政府からエッセンシャルサービス従事者の賃金引上げについて詳細が発表されました。

BC's frontline health and social service workers will get temporary pandemic pay to recognize their incredible efforts during this crisis. Eligible frontline workers will receive a lump-sum payment directly from their employer. More info: https://t.co/jyXYU7zlBi #COVIDBC pic.twitter.com/MLMBjJktoL

— BC Government News (@BCGovNews) May 19, 2020

BC州は、新型コロナウイルスによるパンデミックの最前線で働くヘルス＆ソーシャルサービス従事者に向けて、給与を通じて一時的な財政的後押しをすることを決めました。

政府のニュースリリースに以下のように書かれていました。一部抜粋し、日本語に意訳してみました。

More than 250,000 eligible front-line workers will receive temporary pandemic pay, a lump-sum payment of about $4 per hour for a 16-week period, starting on March 15, 2020. Eligible workers will receive the payment directly through their employer and do not need to apply.

引用：BC州政府

具体的に一時給与増額の対象となる仕事場と役割リスト

給与の一時増額の対象となる仕事場と役割もBC州政府のページに掲載されているので、そのままシェアします。（こちらは日本語意訳無しです）

Health Services

Eligible workplaces

・Hospitals
・Long term care and assisted living facilities
・Provincial mental health facilities
・Provincially funded home and community care services
・Public health units
・Primary care clinics
・Diagnostic facilities
・Community clinics
・Diagnostic and treatment centres

Eligible roles

・Registered nurses
・Licensed practical nurses
・Nurse practitioners
・Registered psychiatric nurses
・Allied health professionals
・Resident doctors
・Health care assistants, community health workers and other patient care support workers
・Paramedics
・Pharmacists
・Administrative/clerical support roles
・Essential non-clinical staff, including
　　・Food service workers
　　・Housekeepers
　　・Laundry workers
　　・Porters
　　・Security
　　・Other key roles

引用：BC州政府

Social Services

Eligible workplaces

Community living
・Residential services
・Intervenor residential sites

Indigenous services
・Delegated aboriginal agencies
・Friendship centres providing critical services
・Healing and wellness facilities and shelters

Harm reduction
・Shelters for survivors of gender-based violence and human trafficking
・Directly operated residential facilities
・Adult justice residential facilities
・Safe Injection sites
・Emergency outreach harm reduction workers
・Emergency shelters
・Supportive housing facilities
・Respite/drop-in centres
・Temporary shelter facilities
・Hotels or motels used for self-isolation and/or shelter overflow

Youth services
・High risk youth services
・Youth justice residential facilities
・Licenced children’s residential sites

Immigrant services
・High risk support services for immigrants and refugees
・High risk immigrant youth services
・Settlement services

Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (SDPR)
・SDPR Income Assistance and Disability Assistance Offices
・SDPR/Service BC Integrated Offices
・SDPR Contact Center Offices

Service BC
・Service BC offices
・Victoria Corporate Registries Branch

Ministry of Child and Family Development (MCFD)
・Service Delivery Division

BC Housing
・BC Housing main location and other offices

Community Living BC
・Head office and other local offices
・Provincial assessment centre

Eligible roles

Social services
・Community support workers
・Employment support workers
・Residence workers
・Adult/youth workers
・Transition house workers
・Stopping the violence counsellors
・Victim service workers
・Emergency shelter workers
・Program coordinators
・Counsellors
・Occupational and physical therapists
・Behavioural therapists
・Family preservation workers
・Domestic violence workers
・Social workers
・Child and youth mental health workers
・Indigenous service workers
・Administrative and client support roles
・Essential operation support staff, including:
　　・Maintenance workers
　　・Housekeepers
　　・Janitors
　　・Food service workers
　　・Passenger vehicle drivers
　　・Other key roles.

Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (SDPR) ​
・Employment and assistance workers
・Client services workers
・Community integration specialists
・Service delivery division supervisors
・Service delivery division assistant supervisors
・Service delivery division supervisors of administrative services

Service BC
・Customer service representatives
・Registries support clerk
・Administrative assistants
・Manager of administration

Ministry of Child and Family Development (MCFD) ​
・Child protection workers
・Resource workers
・Child and Family Services workers
・Adoptions workers
・Mental health workers
・Special needs workers
・Community youth justice workers

BC Housing workplaces
・Tenant support workers
・Maintenance and janitorial workers
・Pest control and building management workers
・Registered nurse

Community Living BC
・Registered nurse
・Mental health support worker
・Occupational therapist
・Dietary aide

引用：BC州政府

その他、少年院などで働く方にも手当があります。詳細はBC州政府のページを確認してみてください。

財政大臣の Carole James氏は今回の件に対し、「この連邦政府との費用分担プログラムは、ブリティッシュコロンビア州の第一線で働く何千もの医療従事者＆ソーシャルワーカーに利益をもたらします。」と語っています。

People on the front lines are working tirelessly to keep us & our loved ones healthy, while also delivering services to people who need it most.

That's why we're providing more than 250,000 front line health & social service workers a pandemic pay boost.https://t.co/a0HXUw04Y5

— John Horgan (@jjhorgan) May 19, 2020

夜7時に自宅から鍋を叩いたり拍手をして医療従事者に感謝の気持ちを伝えるバンクーバーの新しい習慣。

本日はLVスタッフの近所にパトカーが登場！🚓🚨🚓 pic.twitter.com/fFH0yqEHhU

— バンクーバー現地情報🇨🇦 (@LifeVancouver) May 16, 2020

バンクーバーでは引き続き夜7時になると、フロントラインワーカーに向けて感謝の拍手を送っています。

今後、一刻も早くワクチンが誕生して、医療従事者・ソーシャルワーカーの方やスーパーや食料品店などリスクを持って働いている方々が安全に働ける日が来るといいですね。