Article 14: Vacation Leave

14.01

Vacation entitlement for Residents shall be twenty (20) working days. It is understood by the parties that twenty (20) working days means a benefit of four (4) calendar weeks; a week is defined as seven (7) consecutive days.

14.02a

The scheduling of vacations shall be determined by the Program or Educational Director in accordance with operational and educational requirements. Residents will submit their requests to the Program or Educational Director in writing. The approval of the vacation request shall not be unreasonably withheld taking into consideration the operational and educational requirements of the Program.

A minimum of two (2) consecutive weeks' vacation shall be granted to each Resident so desiring.

14.02b

Subject to operational requirements, every effort will be made to permit a Resident at least his/her third choice for his/her vacation period.

14.02c

A Resident shall not be scheduled for on-call duty on the weekend immediately preceding or immediately following a block of vacation where the block of vacation starts on a Monday and continues on uninterrupted and ends on a Friday.

14.03

Vacations shall be taken during the Resident’s period of appointment.

14.04

Residents with an appointment period of less than one (1) year shall receive vacations calculated as follows:

Days Paid to June 30th inclusive x The Resident's Yearly Vacation Entitlement

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14.05

Part-time employees will receive vacation pay according to the following:

Days Paid to June 30th inclusive x The Resident's Yearly Vacation Entitlement

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14.06

Subject to operational requirements, when both spouses (including common-law) are Residents employed by the Hospitals they shall be entitled to take their vacation time together.

14.07

A common-law spouse includes a person living with an employee as a spousal partner for a period of not less than one (1) year.