Hamilton nurses are logging excessive overtime. Advocates say it’s ‘unreasonable,’ ‘unsustainable’ and ‘dangerous’ for patients and workers

Hamilton nurses are logging excessive overtime. Advocates say it’s ‘unreasonable,’ ‘unsustainable’ and ‘dangerous’ for patients and workers

Freedom of information data obtained by The Spectator raises questions about why there are no limits on the number of overtime hours nurses work.

Hamilton nurses are logging excessive overtime. Advocates say it’s ‘unreasonable,’ ‘unsustainable’ and ‘dangerous’ for patients and workers - Ontario Health Coalition

(April 25, 2025) by: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator One Hamilton hospital nurse worked 24 hours straight. Another worked the equivalent of nearly 63 hours a week for an entire year. Three nurses worked so many hours that it added up to more than one and a half full-time jobs each. The increasing amount of excessive overtime logged at Hamilton’s understaffed hospitals since the pandemic is deeply disturbing to unions and patient advocate…