1. Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan Online Membership Survey Results January 6 2011

2. Survey Highlights Nearly Three Quarters of respondents (74.6%) believe that staffing levels within their workplace are inadequate to provide service to the public More than One Third (37.9%) of respondents confirm that their professional group has had vacancies in their workplace within the past year

3. Survey Highlights When asked to explain why many of these vacancies were not posted, the number one response from employers was Budget/No Funding (31.4%) Nearly One Fifth of Health Sciences members (17.9%) say if working conditions do not improve, they will leave the health care field or leave the province within three years 29.7% of Health Sciences members have ten years or less to go before they plan to retire

4. Employment Status (773 Respondents)

5. Reason for Part-Time Status (142 Respondents)

6. Casual Hours for Part-Time Workers (142 Respondents)

7. Casual Hours for Casual Workers (68 Respondents)

8. Stand By Hours for Casual Workers (68 Respondents)

9. Full Staffing (773 Respondents)

10. Full-Time Positions Required (491 Respondents)

11. Part-Time Positions Required (491 Respondents)

12. Casual Positions Required (491 Respondents)

13. Full-Time Position Vacancies (773 Respondents)

14. Part-Time Position Vacancies (773 Respondents)

15. Casual Position Vacancies (773 Respondents)

16. Vacant Positions Not Posted (773 Respondents)

17. Full-Time Positions Left Vacant (293 Respondents)

18. Full-Time Positions Left Vacant (Percentage of Total Sample -- 773 Respondents)

19. Part-Time Positions Left Vacant (293 Respondents)

20. Part-Time Positions Left Vacant (Percentage of Total Sample -- 773 Respondents)

21. Casual Positions Left Vacant (293 Respondents)

22. Casual Positions Left Vacant (Percentage of Total Sample -- 773 Respondents)

23. Explanation for Failure to Post (293 Respondents)

24. Adequate Staffing Levels (773 Respondents)

25. Member Comments on Staffing Levels (773 Respondents)

26. Employers and Service Levels (773 Respondents)

27. Departmental Wait Lists (773 Respondents)

28. Wait List for Urgent Cases (316 Respondents)

29. Wait List for Elective Cases (316 Respondents)

30. Reducing Wait Lists (773 Respondents)

31. Standby Shifts (773 Respondents)

32. Number of Standby Shifts (104 Respondents)

33. Standby Shift Employer Expectations (104 Respondents)

34. Departmental Overtime (773 Respondents)

35. Departmental Overtime Hours (124 Respondents)

36. Market Supplement (773 Respondents)

37. Performance of Market Supplement (233 Respondents)

38. Comments on Market Supplement (233 Respondents)

39. Professional Development (773 Respondents)

40. Contributions to Registration Fees (597 Respondents)

41. Contributions to Travel Costs (597 Respondents)

42. Contributions to Time Off Work (597 Respondents)

43. Sick Days (773 Respondents)

44. Employment Intentions (773 Respondents)

45. Comments on Staffing and Service (773 Respondents)

46. Gender (773 Respondents)

47. Age Group (773 Respondents)

48. Years Employed in Sask Health (773 Respondents)

49. Years to Retirement (773 Respondents)

50. Primary Workplace (773 Respondents)

51. Regional Health Authority (773 Respondents)

52. Professional Positions (773 Respondents – Top Ten Professions Participating)

53. Professional Positions (773 Respondents – Professions 11-20 Participating)

54. Project Methodology The Health Sciences Online Membership Survey was conducted using the secure website of an independent, professional market research company -- Interactive Tracking Systems of Saskatoon The survey instrument was developed, and the survey data was reviewed, analyzed and reported on by Points West Consulting of Regina, a market research and strategic communications firm

55. Project Methodology The online survey was distributed to a random sample of union members (2,222 members with live e-mail addresses on file with Health Sciences) The online survey was open from December 1- December 10 2010 In that time period, 773 Health Sciences members completed and submitted the survey or 34.8% of the members to whom it had been sent

56. Project Methodology A sample size of 773 Health Sciences members out of a province-wide membership of 3,020 provides the online membership survey results with a Margin of Error of +/-3.1% to a 95% Confidence Level