Resident Doctors of BC
About the Resident Doctors of BC collective agreement
The Resident Doctors of BC (formerly known as Professional Association of Residents of BC or PAR-BC) bargains on behalf of approximately 1,600 resident physicians working for publicly funded health care employers in British Columbia.
This Collective Agreement covers employees that are distinguished from other health sector employees in that they are essentially both students and workers. They are medical graduates who participate in a graduate educational program leading to qualification for independent practice as a family physician or a specialist physician.
Residents provide direct and in-hospital care. Residents have earned a medical degree (MD) and must complete an additional two or more years of training in a hospital or clinic before they are able to practice without the supervision of fully licensed physician.
Status
After eight months of bargaining, HEABC and the Resident Doctors of BC (RDBC) have reached a tentative agreement for a new collective agreement that supports the government’s key priorities to protect and strengthen critical services in BC’s public sector, maintain labour stability in a complex round of bargaining and support the province’s efforts to find operational efficiencies that preserve front-line services. Both parties will now take the details of the tentative agreement back to their members for a ratification vote to ensure broad-based support. The current Collective Agreement expired on March 31, 2025; however, the terms and conditions of the current collective agreement remain in effect until the parties ratify a new collective agreement.