GUIDANCE ON RMO IEA TEMPLATE 2015-16

The enclosed draft IEA is based on the current 2015-16 RMO MECA, consistent with ERSG’s interim advice following the repeal of s.63 (the “30-day rule”) as part of the 6 March 2015 Employment Relations Act amendments.

The document includes a number of parts where you will need to tailor the IEA to the provisions that apply at your DHB and that are relevant to the individual RMO to whom the offer is made (i.e. some provisions are only applicable to Registrars and some to House Officers).

A clause should be “deleted and reserved” where it would otherwise upset the numbering, and potentially cross-referencing, in the document.

For example, if amending the template to make an offer to a (non-Dental) Registrar, the text and salary scales in clause 8.3 should be deleted and the clause should simply read:

8.3RESERVED

The following guidance indicates the changes that need to be made to the template IEA.

CLAUSE / AMENDMENT/DECISION REQUIRED
Front page /
  • Insert name & logo of DHB
  • Insert RMO’s name and name of DHB signatory
  • Insert effective date of the IEA

Cl. 1.1 /
  • Insert name of DHB

Cl. 6.1 /
  • Delete highlighted text if not an Auckland Region DHB

Cl. 6.3 /
  • Delete & Reserve as if the RMO is not a First Year House Officer – clause not relevant

Cl. 6.4 /
  • Delete & Reserve if the RMO is not a First Year House Officer – clause not relevant

Cl. 6.5 /
  • Delete & Reserve entire clause if the RMO is not a First Year House Officer – clause not relevant

Cl. 6.5.2 /
  • Delete first paragraph if not one of the named DHBs

Cl. 8.2-8.3 /
  • Delete salary scales that do not apply to the DHB (urban/non-urban) and the RMO (House Officer/Registrar/Dental Registrar)
  • Enter the effective date of the first set of salary scales

Cl. 8.5.1-8.5.6 /
  • Delete if the RMO is not a Registrar– clause not relevant

Cl. 8.6 /
  • Delete if the RMO is not a Registrar– clause not relevant

Cl. 8.8 /
  • Delete & Reserve if not an Auckland Region DHB

Cl. 8.9 /
  • Delete either 8.2 (for Dental RMOs) or 8.3 (all other RMOs) from the paragraph

Cl.13.2.4 /
  • Delete if not Waikato DHB

Cl. 13.4.1 /
  • Delete provisions that don’t apply at your DHB

Cl. 13.5.3 /
  • Delete if not Bay of Plenty DHB

Cl. 14.7 /
  • Delete if the RMO is not a Registrar– clause not relevant

Cl 17 /
  • Delete provisions that don’t apply at your DHB

Cl. 18.3 /
  • Delete provisions that don’t apply at your DHB

Cl. 26.1 /
  • Delete provisions that don’t apply at your DHB

Cl. 26.9 /
  • Delete & Reserve if the RMO is not a First Year House Officer – clause not relevant

Cl. 26.10 /
  • Delete if the RMO is not a Registrar– clause not relevant