When will I be reimbursed for incorrect deductions?

All resident doctors will be fully reimbursed for any previous deductions taken in respect of the 2024 industrial action using the old methodology on or before the third last working day of May 2025.

Deductions using the revised methodology for all strike action taken in 2024 will then be taken on or before the third last working day of May 2025, or as soon as is practicable thereafter. 

Who do I contact if I do not get my reimbursement?   

Please contact NIMDTA/SLE at [email protected] to flag this up in the first instance. You can also flag this with BMA by logging your query through our first point of contact service.

How will I know on my payslip where deductions and reimbursements have been made?

Strike deductions appear on HSC pay-slips under the descriptor “Super-Annuable Pay Adjusted".

NIMDTA / SLE will provide you with a letter which will detail your previous strike deductions for each date of strike action, based on the original calculation method, and the revised recalculation / calculation based on the new methodology.

NIMDTA / SLE will aim to issue this letter to NIMDTA / SLE resident doctors by the third last working day of May 2025.

I didn't have any deductions taken from June strike action, what happens now?

A pause was placed on deductions until such a time a solution was found. Any doctor who took strike action in June 2024 got paid for the days they did not work and therefore it is appropriate that deductions are taken. Deductions for March, May and June's action will be taken from May 2025 pay. As mentioned before, all deductions that were taken last year will be refunded and then deducted using the new calculations. Therefore, your May pay should not be significantly lower than normal.

Full details of strike deductions made, and revised calculations and salary adjustments will be provided in the letter to be issued to you by NIMDTA / SLE.

Can I avail of the strike fund once the pay deductions are made?

No, applications for strike fund assistance must be made for each round of action ahead of the strike dates. You cannot retrospectively apply to the strike fund for a round of action that occurred in the past.

If I was on a LTFT contract at the time of the deduction, how will I be reimbursed and deducted?

The methodology will be applied as a pro-rata equivalent maximum for LTFT resident doctors based on your whole time equivalent on the specific day of industrial action.

Full details of strike deductions made, and revised calculations and salary adjustments will be provided in the letter to be issued to you by NIMDTA / SLE.

I took part in strike action during my maternity qualifying weeks. How will I be reimbursed and deducted?

Please refer to guidance issued previously regarding maternity leave and strike action.

I am a member of the HSC Pension Scheme. Will pension contributions be recalculated?

If you contribute to the HSC Pensions Scheme, no pension contributions will be collected on days when you are on strike and these days cannot reckon as pensionable membership for benefit purposes. The number of days lost will be recorded as disallowed days.

I have now completed training and am no longer employed by NIMDTA SLE. How will I be reimbursed and deducted?

If you were a resident doctor formerly employed by NIMDTA / SLE, and during your employment you participated in strike action, you too will be subject to the agreed Terms of Settlement.

Any monies owed to you will be paid to the bank account attached to your NIMDTA / SLE employment and payroll record. Therefore, it is important that you contact NIMDTA / SLE as soon as possible to ensure that your contact information and bank details are correct. Please contact NIMDTA / SLE at [email protected].

If following a review of your strike participation / strike deductions it is found that you owe monies arising from paused deductions, NIMDTA / SLE will be in contact to discuss how this can be recouped.

I now live and work in another country. How will I get my reimbursement and how will they be able to make the revised new deductions?

The Terms of Settlement will apply even if you are no longer employed by NIMDTA / SLE and are now living and working abroad. It is therefore important that you contact [email protected] as soon as possible to ensure that your contact information and bank details are correct.

It is also essential that NIMDTA / SLE have this information for the processing of the 2023 / 2024, and 2024 / 2025 pay awards also as you may be owed backpay arising from these pay awards.

What if I think I have been deducted incorrectly under the new agreed methodology?

Please contact NIMDTA / SLE at [email protected] immediately to flag this up. You can also flag this with BMA by logging your query through our first point of contact service.

If a new resident doctor contract is negotiated and agreed, will these revised strike deductions still apply should we have to take industrial action again?

Pay deductions for any future strike action taken by resident doctors under the 2002 contract will be made on the new agreed deduction methodology, ONLY for the duration of the current contract.