Consultants to challenge new contract proposals

HOSPITAL consultants will be required to work overtime without additional pay, under the proposed terms of a new contract.

The draft contract, dated March 12, stipulates that consultants must work a 39-hour week, but that “exigencies of the service may require that you work beyond your rostered period without additional remuneration”.

However, any overtime must comply with the provisions of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 or any amending legislation.