The EBA:

Intern/HMO Guide
Introduction Leave
• Valid from 1 December 2008. Annual leave
• If you were employed as at 1 December 2008 you will receive a once off • You are entitled to five weeks of paid annual leave per year, minimum
$1500 payment three weeks consecutive.
• 5% back pay applies from 1 December 2008.
Sick leave
Hours and Limitations of Work • You are entitled to 28 days of paid sick leave per year.
• Normal working hours are 38 hours per week. This can be averaged over • For three of these days you are not required to provide a medical
a four week period. certificate.
• You are required to have a minimum of 3 ½ days off per fortnight.
Two of these must be consecutive. Exam leave
• Shifts must be no longer than 16 hours, and you must have a • You are entitled to 8 days of paid exam leave per year.
minimum of 10 hours break between shifts. • This is up to four days per exam for two exams.
• If your rostered hours are deemed “high risk” by the
AMA Safe Working Hours, you are entitled to refuse those hours: Conference leave
www.safehours.ama.com.au
• In most circumstances you are entitled to one week of paid conference
leave per year.
Rostering
• This can be extended up to three weeks at the hospital’s discretion.
• Rosters need to be posted 14 days in advance.
• You must apply for prior to 31 March.
Renumeration
Parental leave
Rate of Pay • For maternity leave you are entitled to nine paid weeks (increasing to 10
weeks)
You will receive a 5% pay increase. This will then increase each October by
3.25% until 2012. As at 1 December 2008, the following rates apply: • For paternity leave you are entitled to one week paid.

Weekly Rates Allowances

1/12/2008 1/10/2009 1/10/2010 1/10/2011
Intern 954.60 985.60 1,017.60 1,155.00 Continuing Medical Education
HMO 2 1,049.30 1,083.40 1,118.60 1,228.30 • Interns are entitled to $1000 of CME, to be paid as a fortnightly
HMO 3 1,115.90 1,152.20 1,189.60 1,331.70 allowance.
HMO 4 1,209.90 1,249.20 1,289.80 n/a • HMOs are entitled to $1500 of CME, to be paid as a fortnightly
allowance.
Yearly Rates
• This will increase 3.25% pa.
1/12/2008 1/10/2009 1/10/2010 1/10/2011
Intern 49,809.70 51,427.20 53,096.90 60,266.30 Secondment
HMO 2 54,751.00 56,530.30 58,367.00 64,090.90
• When you are required to rotate to a hospital more than 50km from
HMO 3 58,226.10 60,120.20 62,071.60 69,486.20 Melbourne, you are entitle to receive an allowance for each week on
HMO 4 63,130.90 65,181.50 67,299.90 n/a rotation.
• A travel allowance equal to a return first class rail ticket must be paid at
Overtime the start of a rotation, and every three weeks of your rotation.
• For hours worked in addition to your standard 38 hours per week, the
next two hours are paid at 1.5 times your normal hourly rate Meal Allowance
• For any hours worked in excess of this, the rate of pay is double your • When you work more than 11 hours you must either be provided a meal
normal hourly rate or paid an allowance.

Penalty Payments Child Care

• Weekends: For hours worked over a weekend (Friday 00:00 to Sunday
00:00), the rate of pay is 1½ times your normal rate of pay.
• Evenings: When you work a shift which finishes after 6:00pm, you are to
be paid a penalty equal to 2.5% of your weekly rate.
• Nights: When you work a shift that starts before 00:00 and finishes
after 00:00 or starts after 00:00 but before 06:30 you are to be paid an
additional 25% of your normal hourly rate.
• Only the highest value penalty is paid.
• If the hospital gives you less than 24 hours notice that you must work
overtime, you are entitled to be reimbursed costs incurred for child care.
Don’t feel like you are getting your entitlements?
Contact: Mr Andrew Lewis
Senior Industrial Relations Advisor, AMA Victoria
t: (03) 9280 8722

30 April 2009