ASSOCIATION DUES

6.1 The annual association dues of the Professional Association of Internes and Residents of Ontario, or an equivalent amount, shall be collected by compulsory payroll deductions from the salaries of all residents, and shall be forwarded to PAIRO on their behalf. The parties agree that PAIRO shall have full and sole authority to revise the annual membership fee from time to time, and PAIRO shall advise the Hospitals accordingly, as to any changes thereto.

6.2 PAIRO dues, or an equivalent amount, shall be deducted by the hospital on a monthly basis from all housestaff employed by the hospital during that month. These dues, or an equivalent amount, will be sent to PAIRO to be received no later than the 15th day of the month following the deduction.

6.3 Should a resident wish not to belong to PAIRO, he/she must notify the local hospital office in writing. Such notification shall be in the form of a separate dated letter which must be submitted on or after the date that the resident commences his/her appointment in the hospital for the corresponding academic year and not later than July 15th.

6.4 Each hospital, either individually, or through the respective University Medical School designated by the hospital, shall forward to PAIRO by August 15th in each year, with an update by February 15th in electronic format, a list of the names and home addresses, program and year in program, and email address (if on paymaster's records).

6.5 In the normal course of events the hospital has the names and addresses of most of the PGY1s on or before March 31st and most of the residents on or before April 30th, who will be offered appointments for the next ensuing appointment year. The hospital will use its best efforts to obtain these names as early in the year as possible. These names and addresses will be forwarded to PAIRO by April 1st for PGY1s, and by June 1st for other residents. Additional names obtained by the hospital, if any, will be forwarded to PAIRO as they become known to the hospital. Names and addresses are to be supplied to PAIRO in sufficient time to satisfy PAIRO's desire to communicate with a candidate before he or she commences duties in the hospital. As a condition of employment, the Letter of Appointment is to be completed and the duplicate returned to the hospital before duties commence.

6.6 In the event that an arbitrator or Board of Arbitration finds that a hospital, without good and sufficient reason, has failed to comply with any or all of the dates and time limits set forth above, the arbitrator or Board of Arbitration, in addition to other remedies, may award a sum of money which is reasonable in all the circumstances.

6.7 PAIRO dues, or an equivalent amount, once deducted, are not to be refunded by the hospital. PAIRO is under no obligation to refund dues, or an equivalent amount, to any resident.

6.8 The teaching hospitals agree that the membership fee for PAIRO, or an equivalent amount, shall be itemized in the annual T-4 taxation slip as the annual membership fee for PAIRO, or an equivalent amount.