Salary
13.01 (a) Residents shall be paid salary in accordance with Schedule A attached hereto and forming part of this Agreement.
13.01 (b) In addition to these Pay Levels, all residents shall receive an annual Practice Stipend to be paid on October 1 of each year, in the following amounts:
- (i) PGY3 to PGY7 – $500;
- (ii) In addition to the above, the employer will cover the one time cost of sitting the written and oral examinations to obtain the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) or the Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC), whichever is less, payable in the PGY year written upon provision of original receipts of payment for the exam.
13.01 (c) The Annual Practice Stipend of a resident will be prorated where that resident works less than a full year. Total annual practise stipends received will not exceed the normal length of training years for the program(s) the resident is enrolled in.
13.02 (a) There shall be one Chief Resident recognized by the Residency Program Director for each Program.
(b) In addition, there shall be one Associate Chief resident for every Program with ten (10) or more residents rotating through the Program at any teaching site.
(c) In addition, for every Program with four (4) or more residents rotating through the Program at any site outside the QE II Health Sciences CEntre and the IWK, there shall be one Associate Chief Resident at that site and they shall receive $50.00 per resident over ten (10) residents.
(d) Effective July 1, 2024, Chief Residents of Programs with four (4) or more Residents shall be paid an annual allowance of $5,000.00 plus $50.00 per Resident and shall receive $50.00 per resident over ten (10) residents.
(e) Effective July 1, 2024, each Associate Chief Resident shall be paid an annual allowance of $2,500.00.
(f) For clarity, the $50.00 per Resident can only be paid to one person, either of the Chief Resident or the Associate Chief Resident, but not both, as determined by the program director.
(g) The stipends will be calculated on the basis of an annual census taken as of July 1 of each year, prorated and paid on a biweekly basis.
