Employee Relations staff aka ‘pink ladies’ kicked off our pink table sales at VGH, Richmond Hospital and Lions Gate Hospital this week for VCH’s ‘Team Respect’ campaign to eliminate bullying in the workplace.

Many staff stopped by the pink tables to get their 2016 ‘Respect Starts Here’ button and VCH pink shirt, helping us sell 2,700 t-shirts in just over two weeks!

“The responsiveness we have had from managers and staff on this initiative has been incredible,” said Esther Eidse, Manager of the Respectful Workplace Program. “The 2016 Pink Shirt campaign truly embodied our theme of Team Respect – with teams taking time to reflect on what respect means within their team environment and participating in team focused campaign activities.”

Limited t-shirts available

Employee Relations staff are working hard to fill any remaining pink shirt team orders. If you have received an email that your order is ready, please pick up your shirts as per the instructions in the email confirmation. If you don’t have a t-shirt yet, you can still get one at our remaining pink table sales:

• Lions Gate Hospital: Feb. 18, 10 am – 2 pm (Outside Cafeteria)
• VGH: Feb. 24, from 8 am (JPP – across from Gift Shop)
• NEW: Richmond Hospital, Feb 24, 10 am – 2 pm (Marketplace)

Share your team selfies and win! 

Remember to wear your VCH pink shirt or your own pink shirt on Pink Shirt Day, February 24, to show your commitment to Team Respect. Join the fun and share your team photos wearing your VCH pink shirts on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter with the hashtags: #PinkShirtDay and #VCHStaff or email it to PinkShirt@vch.ca by end of day February 25. Be creative – best team respect photo wins a VCH pink gift basket!

Silence hides bullying

Remember, disrespectful behaviour will not stop on its own. You need to either have the conversation with the other person or report your concern to your manager or VCH’s No-Bully line: 1-844-NO BULLY (662 8559). If you are unsure whether the behaviour you are experiencing is bullying, read the VCH definition of bullying in our Respectful Workplace brochure . Together, we can eliminate bullying at VCH.

Stay tuned

Stay tuned for a video featuring highlights from our pink pop-up parties in next week’s VCH news.

More information

More information about VCH’s No-bully support options is available on the Employee Relations section of http://vch-connect/ee/emprelations/Pages/EmployeeRelations.aspx