{"id":37024,"date":"2019-06-27T14:15:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T18:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/?p=37024"},"modified":"2019-06-27T14:15:30","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T18:15:30","slug":"37024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/37024\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow-up concerning the new training requirements set out by Great-West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Follow-up concerning the new training requirements set out by Great-West <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dear members,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On May 13, 2019, the FQM informed you that it had begun negotiations with Great-West concerning their new training requirements for massage therapists in Qu\u00e9bec. These requirements stipulate that massage therapists must complete 1,000\u00a0training hours by January 1, 2020 in order to be recognized as service providers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since the last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/follow-up-concerning-the-new-requirements-announced-by-great-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">communication<\/a>, the FQM and Great-West held a meeting to discuss issues stemming from the application of these new requirements. During the meeting, we were able to witness first-hand the seriousness, rigour and neutrality inherent in Great-West\u2019s approach. Like the FQM, Great-West wishes to \u201censure the health and well-being of Qu\u00e9bec residents.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"#ref19\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Throughout the process, Great-West representatives, in their efforts to come up with a winning solution for all parties, demonstrated an understanding and openness towards the FQM. We also know that all associations of massage therapists in Qu\u00e9bec were treated in the same manner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Great-West has not yet issued an official communication on the manner in which the new requirements will be applied. However, we are confident that Great-West will do everything in its power to ensure a smooth transition for all Qu\u00e9bec massage therapists, in partnership with the associations. Rest assured, dear members, that we will keep you informed of any new developments concerning this issue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bouchard<br \/>\nExecutive Director<br \/>\n514-597-0505\/1-800-363-9609, extension 233<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jean-francois.bouchard@fqm.qc.ca\">jean-francois.bouchard@fqm.qc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a id=\"ref19\"><\/a>[1] Excerpt from the opinion issued by Great-West and distributed to all Qu\u00e9bec massage therapy associations on January 31,\u00a02019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow-up concerning the new training requirements set out by Great-West \u00a0 Dear members, On May 13, 2019, the FQM informed you that it had begun negotiations with Great-West concerning their new training requirements for massage therapists in Qu\u00e9bec. These requirements stipulate that massage therapists must complete 1,000\u00a0training hours by January 1, 2020 in order to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20600],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37024"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37026,"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37024\/revisions\/37026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fqm.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}