Article 13: Vacation Leave

13.01

Residents shall be paid for twenty (20) working days annual vacation. 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.

13.02

(a) The scheduling of vacations shall be determined by the Program Director in accordance with operational and educational requirements. Residents will submit their requests to the Program 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.

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

(c) 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.

13.03

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

13.04

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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13.05

Part-time Residents 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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13.06

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

13.07

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