{"id":15844,"date":"2021-01-12T20:17:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T01:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=15844"},"modified":"2021-01-14T20:19:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T01:19:40","slug":"former-hospital-ceo-to-get-more-than-1m-payout-after-losing-job-following-caribbean-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/former-hospital-ceo-to-get-more-than-1m-payout-after-losing-job-following-caribbean-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"Former hospital CEO to get more than $1M payout after losing job following Caribbean vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(January 11, 2021)<\/p>\n<p>By: Joanna Frketich, Cambridge Times<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2021\/01\/07\/board-of-st-josephs-health-system-meeting-thursday-to-deliberate-on-ceos-caribbean-vacation.html\">Dr. Tom Stewart\u00a0<\/a><\/span>will get a payout as high as $1.1 million after losing his job as CEO of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2021\/01\/08\/st-joes-refuses-to-say-if-dr-tom-stewart-will-receive-1m-release-clause-in-contract.html\">St. Joseph\u2019s Health System<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>over a Caribbean vacation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">\u201cFor the staff and the community it feels like a slap in the face,\u201d said Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">Stewart took a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2021\/01\/06\/premier-doug-ford-says-hospital-board-has-to-make-tough-decision-about-ceos-caribbean-vacation.html\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">family trip<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>to his private home in the Dominican Republic while on vacation from Dec. 18 to Jan. 5. On Jan. 7, he lost the job of leading the massive health system that includes hospitals, long-term care homes and home care in Hamilton, Niagara, Kitchener, Guelph and Brantford.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">St. Joseph\u2019s and Stewart \u201cparted ways on a without-cause basis,\u201d board chair Sister Anne Anderson said in a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/sjhs.ca\/news\/statement-from-st-josephs-health-system-board-chair-sister-anne-anderson\/\">statement<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Monday evening. \u201cHis requested vacation was board approved. All terms of Dr. Stewart\u2019s contract will be upheld.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">It\u2019s not clear if the board approved Stewart\u2019s international travel. His\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/sjhs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/T-Stewart-Signed-Contract-SJHS-2.pdf\">contract<\/a> <\/span>entitles him to 24 months\u2019 pay over 24 months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">\u201cIt is wrong to provide generous compensation like this and the hospital &#8230; should reconsider,\u201d said Michael Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, which is a part of the Canadian Union of Public Employees union. \u201cDr. Stewart was in a position of leadership and he hurt his institution and should not be rewarded for that. St. Joe\u2019s should not compound this by enriching someone who let the hospital down in a profound way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">Stewart\u2019s annual base salary was $552,500 with performance pay of $97,500. The golden handshake is calculated on the base salary. Certain employment-related benefits will also continue for 24 months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">The payout ends early if Stewart obtains another job and states he must \u201cdiligently\u201d search.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">Stewart resigned from boards that provide\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2020\/12\/22\/what-you-need-to-know-about-covid-19-in-hamilton-and-halton.html\">COVID-19<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>advice to the province immediately after the trip became public on Jan. 5. He was ousted as the CEO of Niagara Health on Jan. 6. On Jan. 7, he parted ways with the health system that includes St. Joseph\u2019s Healthcare Hamilton and St. Mary\u2019s General Hospital in Kitchener.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-p___34jbX\" data-lpos=\"article|body\">St. Joseph\u2019s has appointed experienced hospital leader Winnie Doyle as interim president and CEO as of Jan. 18. She was an executive at St. Joseph\u2019s Healthcare Hamilton before announcing her retirement in July and interim president before Melissa Farrell was hired for the job in April 2019.<\/p>\n<p data-lpos=\"article|body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgetimes.ca\/news-story\/10306346-former-hospital-ceo-to-get-more-than-1m-payout-after-losing-job-following-caribbean-vacation\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Click here for original article<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(January 11, 2021) By: Joanna Frketich, Cambridge Times &nbsp; Dr. Tom Stewart\u00a0will get a payout as high as $1.1 million after losing his job as CEO of\u00a0St. Joseph\u2019s Health System\u00a0over a Caribbean vacation. \u201cFor the staff and the community it feels like a slap in the face,\u201d said Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ohc-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former hospital CEO to get more than $1M payout after losing job following Caribbean vacation - Ontario Health Coalition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(January 11, 2021) By: Joanna Frketich, Cambridge Times &nbsp; 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