Current negotiations
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Resident Medical Officers Bargaining Overview Bargaining update from the DHBs' lead CE |
Resident Medical Officers Bargaining
Overview
TAS is currently in bargaining on behalf of the country's 20 DHBs with the NZ Resident Doctors Association (RDA) to renew the Multi Employer Collective Agreement or MECA for Resident Medical Officers (RMOs). The RDA represents about 70 per cent of the country's 4000 RMOs.
| DHBs Unconditional offer tabled with the RDA mediation (5 April 2019) [428kb]April 2019 |
| Existing RDA MECA [6.6MB]April 2019 |
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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April 2019 |
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Comparison of SToNZ and NZRDA MECAs [176kb] April 2019 |
There are also several hundred RMOs who are not members of either union and are covered by Individual Employment Agreements or IEAs.
Bargaining update
The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has agreed to NZRDA’s request for urgent facilitation – a move that DHBs supported. That process is ongoing.
DHBs did make an unconditional settlement offer to the NZRDA at mediation on 5 April. That offer includes:
- A number of amendments to better define how rosters are agreed and implemented
- Lump sum payments if RMOs don't strike
- A 3-year term with pay rises totaling 7.5 per cent
| NZRDA MECA Unconditional Offer [425kb] |
There have been four NZRDA strikes since 15 January 2019. Half of all RMOs worked through the strikes - between 60-65 per cent of all Registrars and about 35 per cent of House Officers.
Media
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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] 12 April 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 |