Dozens of health-care workers who walked off the job in Prince Albert after contract talks broke down are returning to work.

The Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan says negotiations stalled again Tuesday after the union rejected health-care employers' latest offer of a 7.5-per-cent pay increase over four years.

About 60 health-care workers in the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region took part in the job action Monday.

The union recently received an 88 per cent strike mandate from its members.

About half of full-time employees have been declared essential, which means they can't legally walk off the job.