{"id":277796,"date":"2026-06-21T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/these-workers-thought-they-were-getting-an-extra-day-off-turns-out-it-was-just-a-cruel-test-cp24\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T12:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T16:10:09","slug":"these-workers-thought-they-were-getting-an-extra-day-off-turns-out-it-was-just-a-cruel-test-cp24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/these-workers-thought-they-were-getting-an-extra-day-off-turns-out-it-was-just-a-cruel-test-cp24\/","title":{"rendered":"These workers thought they were getting an extra day off. Turns out it was just a \u2018cruel\u2019 test \u2013 CP24"},"content":{"rendered":"

These workers thought they were getting an extra day off. Turns out it was just a \u2018cruel\u2019 test \u2013 CP24<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/canada\/2026\/06\/21\/these-workers-thought-they-were-getting-an-extra-day-off-turns-out-it-just-a-cruel-test\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-21 08:57:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.cp24.com<\/a><\/p>\n

ST. JOHN\u2019S – Union leaders in Newfoundland and Labrador say a \u201ccruel\u201d cybersecurity test has outraged health-care workers across the province and may push some to an early exit.<\/p>\n

Thousands of nurses, doctors and other workers at Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NLHS) received emails from the employer on Tuesday, promising an extra paid day off in recognition of recent hard work \u2014 only to learn later that the email was a phishing cybersecurity test, designed to trick employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was actually insulting, degrading, disrespectful,\u201d said Yvette Coffey, head of the Registered Nurses Union in Newfoundland and Labrador. \u201cOur members are mad and so am I.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials at Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services have publicly apologized for the email. Ron Johnson, the health board\u2019s interim CEO said Wednesday, that authorities would begin to investigate how the email was sent \u2014 and whether it was written by NLHS staff or a contractor at Ernst & Young.<\/p>\n

Ron Johnson <\/span>Ron Johnson, Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services interim CEO <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis really missed a mark,\u201d Johnson told reporters. \u201cWhat happened here, obviously, is that all the lenses that were required to review the scenario weren\u2019t placed on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not reflective of how we value our employees.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frustrations were already high inside the health-care system in Newfoundland and Labrador according to Coffey, because of a stressful rollout of a new health information system and software back-end called \u201cCorCare.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coffey said her members were working mandatory overtime and were denied leave in the run-up to CorCare\u2019s launch this spring.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll that stress, all that mandatory overtime, and to then try to hook staff with the promise of a day off?\u201d said Coffey.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a cheap shot at our members.\u201d<\/p>\n

The email promised \u201cone additional paid day off\u201d in recognition of the work that had gone into the CorCare transition. It asked employees to register for the \u201cJune Holiday,\u201d…<\/p>\n

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