CALL STIPENDS

Residents are entitled to receive a call stipend amount for in-hospital call, home call and qualifying shifts as outlined in 23.1, worked under the Collective Agreement, on the following terms:

23.1 There will be a call stipend payable in the amount of $105 for residents scheduled for in-hospital call, and $52.50 for residents scheduled for home call or for qualifying shifts (including emergency department and other night shifts worked under article 16.5). Qualifying shifts are only those shifts where one full hour worked on the shift occurs between midnight and 6 a.m.

23.2 A resident who is scheduled on home call but who works more than four hours in hospital during the call period, of which more than one hour is past midnight and before 6 a.m., is entitled to be paid the in-hospital call stipend. PAIRO agrees that the hospitals have the right to implement reasonable rules to verify that residents are entitled to be paid the in-hospital call stipend rate for that call.

23.3 The parties reaffirm that no resident is permitted to work call or shifts under the Collective Agreement in excess of the maximums permitted under the Collective Agreement. Subject to an Agreement by the parties respecting implementation of non-traditional work hours, no resident will be paid a call stipend for call worked in excess of the maximums permitted under the Collective Agreement, nor will residents working shifts receive more than 31 call stipend payments per quarter for qualifying shifts.

23.4 The call stipend will be paid no less frequently than on a quarterly basis, payable in the second pay period following the end of the quarter. Entitlement to the call stipend may be determined from examination by the hospitals of the monthly call schedules, or by such other measures as the hospital reasonably requires of the resident.

23.5 PAIRO will be provided, no less frequently than on a quarterly basis, with information concerning the number of call stipends paid to each resident, and the dates on which each call or shift was worked, by type of call stipend paid (i.e., the number of call stipend payments for in hospital call, for home call, and for qualifying shifts). This information will include each resident's full name, service and hospital site.

23.6 For certainty, it is agreed that PAIRO dues will be deducted from call stipend payments, and that the call stipend shall continue in effect during negotiation for a renewal Collective Agreement, as provided in Article 4.3 of the Collective Agreement.

23.7 For further certainty, it is agreed that the terms and conditions of the call stipend are arbitrable pursuant to Article 4 of the Collective Agreement. However, for even further certainty, this does not include arbitration of the maximum call frequency provisions reflected in the call stipend provisions and provided for elsewhere in the Collective Agreement.