Article 12 : Vacation
12.01 Resident Physicians earn vacation at the rate of one and two-thirds (1 2/3) days per month of service. The year's vacation allotment may be taken during the program year in which it is earned. In the event that a Resident Physician takes his/her annual allotment of vacation and then does not complete the year of service, the Authority may recover excess monies paid. Vacation shall be taken at a time that is mutually agreed to between the Resident Physician and the Program Director provided that, if a mutually agreed time cannot be identified, the Program Director shall schedule the vacation period.
12.02 Application for vacation shall be made in writing to the Program Director a minimum of eight (8) weeks in advance in order that Resident Physician substitution may be arranged. The Program Director shall make a reasonable effort to accommodate the Resident Physician's request for vacation time. When a Resident Physician submits a request for vacation, the Program Director shall confirm approval or disapproval of the request in writing within two (2) weeks.
12.03 Vacation may be taken in any combination of weekly segments up to a maximum of four (4) weeks that is mutually agreed to between the Resident Physician and the Program Director.
12.04 A Resident Physician with an appointment period of less than one (1) year shall receive vacation entitlement calculated as follows:
(Days Paid Within Contract Year/ 261) X 20 (rounded to the nearest half day).
12.05 Vacation shall be taken within the period of engagement. Provided the Program Director and the appropriate representative of the Authority give prior approval, if a Resident Physician is unable to take their vacation in one year because of service commitments, the unused time may be banked except in the situation where the Resident Physician is in their final year of training, in which case the Resident Physician will be paid in lieu of vacation time. Any dispute or disagreement between an affected member of PARA and a Program Director or Authority representative may be referred to the relevant Associate Dean who will consult with PARA before making a final decision.
12.06 Vacation days will only be consumed by weekdays taken off that are not:
- Named Holidays (Article 13);
- Weekdays during an emergency medicine rotation or other shift-based rotation where no shift has been scheduled
- Educational Leave (Article 10)
- Sick and Special Leave (Article 11);
- Maternity/Parental Leave (Article 9);Days for PARA business (Article 7); or
- Days off during the Christmas or New Year's break in accordance with Articles 13.03(a) and 13.03(b).
12.07 Resident Physicians shall not be scheduled for:
(a) on-call duties (Article 14) or shifts past twenty-four hundred hours (2400 hours) the day prior to vacation or during vacation; or
(b) on-call duties or shifts on one (1) of the weekends immediately prior to or following five (5) consecutive weekdays of vacation.
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