Current negotiations
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Resident Medical Officers Bargaining Overview Bargaining update from the DHBs' lead CE |
Resident Medical Officers Bargaining
Overview
TAS concluded bargaining in August on behalf of the country's 20 DHBs with the NZ Resident Doctors Association (RDA) to renew a Multi-Employer Collective Agreement or MECA for Resident Medical Officers (RMOs).
On 16 August 2019 DHBs were provided with an implementation plan for the new NZRDA MECA ratified by members on 12 August 2019. Regional implementation roadshows took place in late August and September.
The RDA represents about 70 per cent of the country's 4000 RMOs.
Specialty Trainees of New Zealand (SToNZ) is a new RMO union. Since it was formed in mid-2018, SToNZ has successfully concluded a new MECA - its membership has grown from less than 50 when it was first initiated to almost 900 at the end of May 2019 – nearly 25 per cent of all RMOs.
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There are also several hundred RMOs who are not members of either union and are covered by Individual Employment Agreements or IEAs.
Media
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DHBs ask ERA for facilitation to end MIT Strikes Association [107kb] 29 October 2019 DHBs are asking the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) to help break the impasse in bargaining with APEX Medical Imaging Technologists (MITs) which has seen multiple strikes disrupting patient services. |
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Settlement agreed with NZ Resident Doctors’ Association [139kb] 12 August 2019 Resident Medical Officers who are members of the NZ Resident Doctors’ Association have accepted a new pay settlement agreed by their union and District Health Boards. |
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Facilitation best chance of settling RMO dispute [89kb] 2 May 2019 As the five-day strike by Resident Medical Officers draws to an end, DHBs say facilitation by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) is the best chance for settling the dispute. |
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Strikes unnecessary now facilitation set [91kb] 24 April 2019 DHBs are urging resident medical officers to withdraw planned strike action and let the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) do its job. |
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DHBs welcome ERA decision [80kb] 15 April 2019 DHBs welcome the Employment Relations Authority's decision to grant facilitation and are available to meet as soon as possible. |
For previous media releases about negotiations with Resident Medical Officers, go to our media page.
Bargaining update from the DHBs' lead CE
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CE Lead's update-RDA Bargaining [137kb] 17 May 2019 |
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CE Lead's update- RDA Bargaining [179kb] 2 May 2019 |
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CE Lead's update- RDA Bargaining [115kb] 5 April 2019 |
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CE lead's update- RDA Bargaining [116kb] 25 March 2019 |
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CE lead's update- RDA Bargaining [100kb] 8 March 2019 |
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CE lead's update-RDA Bargaining [102kb] 27 February 2019 |
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CE lead's update - RDA Bargaining [186kb] 7 February 2019 |
Resources: Letters, Factsheets and OIAs
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RDA Bargaining Questions and Answers [150kb] 16 April 2019 |
The RMOs' terms and conditions of employment, and the latest workforce data.
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2018 RMO fact sheet one – Workforce [150kb] November 2018 |
Limits on working hours under each agreement, and how countries approach limits on hours of work differently.
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2018 RMO fact sheet two – hours of work [191kb] November 2018 |
Additional information
A comparison of the SToNZ and NZRDA MECAs
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Comparison of SToNZ and NZRDA MECAs [176kb] September 2019 |
Research into appropriate working hours, by the Royal New Zealand College of Surgeons.
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Appropriate Working Hours for Surgical Training [125kb] November 2017 |
Research into standards for safe working hours, by the Royal New Zealand College of Surgeons
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Standards for Safe Working Hours [490kb] May 2009 |
Research into the emerging impacts of past MECAs, by the Sapere Research Group
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Emerging Impacts of the 2017 Resident Doctors' Multi-Employer Collective Agreement [490kb] April 2018 |