The Senior Executive Team showed their support for VCH’s ‘Team Respect’ campaign by proudly wearing their 2016 VCH pink team respect t-shirts, now available for sale to all staff and physicians.

Team respect starts with you

“We wanted to show the importance of team respect this year to create a culture of shared accountability,” said Anne Harvey, Vice President of Employee Engagement. “Contributing to a respectful team environment means valuing perspectives, addressing conflict, reaching out [for help], listening, being aware, inclusion, communication, recognition, kindness and empathy – as defined by you. These were the words that were selected from the winning team respect statements to appear on the back of this year’s pink shirt.”

Get your 2016 pink t-shirt by February 24

Unisex style – light pink. 

VCH is committed to a bully-free work environment, and we need your continued support to get there. Show your commitment to team respect by getting your pink t-shirt for just 5 dollars and wearing pink on Pink Shirt Day, February 24, 2016.

Pink table sales:

• VGH: Feb. 16, 11 am – 1 pm / Feb. 24, from 9 am (JPP – across from Gift Shop)
• Lions Gate Hospital, Feb. 18, 10 am – 2 pm (Outside Cafeteria)
• Richmond Hospital, Feb. 16, 10 am – 2 pm (Marketplace)

“We have already seen over 200 teams come together to participate in this year’s Pink Shirt day campaign by submitting their team respect contest submissions and pink shirt team orders,” said Esther Eidse, HR Manager. “This is where the real cultural change around bullying can happen – at the team level – and you are making that happen.”

Print the poster

Get the print-friendly t-shirt poster and help us spread the word!

Report bullying 

Since we launched the Respectful Workplace program and policy in 2014, over 1200 staff have come forward to report bullying and disruptive behaviour to VCH’s Respectful Workplace program. Of those 1200 complaints, 720 were referred to HR for follow up; 384 cases have been resolved through a behavioural agreement, apology and communicating respectful workplace expectations and 82 staff and physicians have either received a letter of warning, suspension, termination, demotion or had their privileges revoked. Join the team respect movement and report bullying and disruptive behavior when you see it by calling 1-844-NO BULLY (662-8559) or contact your manager/supervisor/HR advisor.

Enter to win!

Share a team selfie wearing your VCH pink shirts on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter with the hashtags: #PinkShirtDay and #VCHStaff or email it to PinkShirt@vch.ca by February 25. Be creative – best team respect photo wins a VCH pink gift basket!

More information on workplace bullying and pink respect t-shirts is available on the Employee Relations section of VCH Connect.