Union dues are mandatory. Resident Doctors of BC is funded solely by its members’ dues, which enables us to negotiate and enforce the collective agreement. Dues are automatically deducted from your pay. These dues are tax deductible and the annual amount is noted on your T4.

Residents may notice admin allowances are not on their July pay stubs. This delay in payment occurs only in July, as information is gathered from the program offices, compiled, and then submitted to Payroll for processing. Any allowances not paid in this period will be paid retroactively on a future payday.

Admin allowances are paid monthly. If a program has more that one lead or principal per year, the allowance will be paid out according to the months designated by the respective program office. If the lead position is shared between two residents, the admin allowance will be paid to both leads on a bi-monthly basis (every second month), unless otherwise requested.

Although residents aren’t paid an hourly wage, their salary is represented on their paystub as a daily rate of 7.5 hours, which is 75 hours for a full two-week pay period. Residents are paid every two weeks, with payday being one week after the last day of a pay period.

For an example of what is on your pay stub see below. If you have any questions about your paystub, please contact Payroll.

1. Payment deposit date
2. Deposit statement number and cheque number
3. Your name and home address
4. Department name, code, or cost centre of Employment – Only one department will show if an employee works in multiple departments.
5. Net Pay = Gross pay – (Income Tax + CPP + EI + Total Deductions)
6. Employee ID number – Please keep your ID number for reference and use it when making inquiries to Employee Engagement or to Payroll about completing payroll forms, and applying for other jobs in the organization.
7. Pay period ending date
8. Earning type (e.g. regular, overtime, sick, etc.) – Number of earned hours in the pay period and Hourly rate per type of earned hour by Certification
9. Gross Pay – Earned Hours X Hourly Rate
10. Summary of deductions – Both current and year-to-date (YTD) totals are shown. These deductions include union dues, pension contributions and others. Only T4 related year to date values will be carried over from your previous pay statement). An asterisk (*) indicates before tax deductions.
11. Summary of benefits:
    Current and YTD totals shown for MSP, Dental, Extended Health (EHB) and Life, Accidental Dismemberment and Death (AD/D), and LongTerm Disability (LTD) insurance, and Benefits ER (includes Dental, LTD, Extended HealthBenefits). An asterisk (*) indicates taxable benefits. Only T4 related year to date values will be carried over from your previous pay statement.
12. Gross pay – Current and YTD totals shown. This is your total pay before deductions and the sum of your earning listed in #8.
13. Deductions for Income tax, CanadianPension Plan (CPP) and EmploymentInsurance (EI) Only current and YTD totals
14. Total deductions – Sum of current deductions listed in #10.
15. Leave bank – Vacation balances are added to existing sick and overtime listings. Leave entitlement balances are indicated as alternating “even” (e.g. 2016) and “odd”(2017) years.

Residents are paid in accordance with their program level. The current remuneration schedule is listed in Article 21 of the Collective Agreement.

Residents are paid #$315 per Weekend In-Hospital, $210 per Weekend In-Hospital Overnight or Weekend Conversion, $140 per Weekday In-Hospital Call or Weekday Conversion, $105 per Weekend Day Call or Weekend Out-of-Hospital and $70 per Weekday Out-of-Hospital Overnight or Evening Call within the defined maximums. For more information see the Call Stipends page.

Furthermore, residents on-call who are called back can claim reimbursements for specific travel expenses.

Lastly lead residents receive additional pay based on the number of residents in their program, and the number of chiefs completing the additional administrative work.

Resident who work on a Statutory Holiday are entitled to additional pay, as per Article 11 of the Collective Agreement.

Following the pay increases of the 2022-2025 Collective Agreement, resident salary will increase annually each April for the term of the Agreement.

First pay period after April 1, 2023