Article 13 : Named Holidays
13.01 (a) Resident Physicians shall be entitled to the following Named Holidays: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, August Civic Holiday, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, Family Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and one (1) Floating Day.
(b) In each event where a Named Holiday falls upon a Saturday or Sunday, the Named Holiday will be considered to lie on either the preceding Friday or following Monday in accordance with standard practice within the Member Facility.
(c) Pursuant to Article 13.03, Article 13.01(b) does not apply to the following Named Holidays: Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
13.02 A Resident Physician who is scheduled to and does commence work the day of a Named Holiday pursuant to Articles 13.01(a) and 13.01(b) shall have another working day off with pay in lieu of the Named Holiday. Such work includes regular duty hours, on-call duty hours and Emergency Medicine shifts. This day shall be scheduled during that same rotation at the time the call schedule is made. In the event that day off cannot be scheduled during the same rotation, it shall be added to the Resident Physician's vacation allotment.
13.03 (a) Resident Physicians shall receive five (5) consecutive days off duty for Christmas or New Year's break. The five (5) consecutive days off shall take place either December 23 to December 27, or December 29 to January 2, at the discretion of the Program Director. All Resident Physicians shall be available for service on December 28 where required. Where possible, a Resident Physician shall not be scheduled for on-call services the day preceding his/her five (5) consecutive days off. Time in excess of five (5) consecutive days may be granted at the discretion of the Program Director.
(b) A Resident Physician who is a practitioner of a recognized faith that does not celebrate Christmas Day may request that the five (5) days off duty in Article 13.03(a) be scheduled at another time to accommodate the observance of an alternative Religious Holiday. The request shall be made by the Resident Physician to the Program Director by August 1 of each program year. The Resident Physician will provide two (2) options for the scheduling of the five (5) consecutive days off and the Program Director will grant one or the other option within two (2) weeks of receiving the request. A Resident Physician who is granted an alternate Religious Holiday shall service regular duty hours (Article 14.02) and on-call duty (Article 14.03) during the Christmas and New Year's break.
13.04 In recognition of Resident Physicians who are scheduled and take call the day before a Named Holiday and for reasons of ensuring the appropriate transference of care, work a portion of a Named Holiday, all Resident Physicians shall be entitled to a total of three (3) additional flex days off per year without loss of pay. These three (3) flex days are in addition to vacation entitlements in Article 12.
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