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Vacation/Holiday Leave Policy

All vacation and holiday policies are according to PAIRO guidelines.

Vacation

4 weeks, 1 week = 5 working days + 2 weekend days
No carryover
Must request 4-6 weeks in advance using request for leave form and not later than March 1st
Options for taking vacation:

During different rotations
As a vacation elective – see Vacation Elective Policy for more details
Vacation can only be taken in multiples of 1 week at a time (5 working days + 2 weekend days). For the purposes of calculating vacation days, the weekend days do not count towards your vacation days but they should be included for scheduling purposes.

Off-cycled residents

As per information received from PAIRO representatives, vacation for off-cycle residents should not be pro-rated. It is understood that a resident’s year will run from the day they start their training to one year later (e.g. September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2011). Within this year a resident will be entitled to 4 weeks of vacation and 7 paid professional leave days.

Vacation Leave and Clinical Rotation Completion/Evaluation

If > 1 week of a 4 week rotation is missed due to any reason (including vacation leave), this may affect the evaluation of the rotation and remediation in the form of additional time in that particular rotation may be needed
If a significant portion of their 16-week family medicine core rotation is missed due to any reason (including vacation and professional leave), additional time in that particular rotation may be needed. This decision will be made on a case-by-case basis with your supervisor/preceptor and the program director.

Statutory Holidays

If residents work on a statutory holiday, they are entitled to a day off in lieu of that holiday. The "lieu day" is to be taken within 90 days.

The recognized statutory holidays include:

New Year's Day
Family Day
Easter Friday
Victoria Day
Canada Day
August Civic Holiday

Labour Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
1 Floating statutory holiday

All residents are entitled to 5 consecutive days off during the 12 day period encompassing Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. These 5 days account for Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Boxing Day and two weekend days. Each resident will get either Christmas or New Year’s Day off.

Lieu Days

Lieu days are granted for residents who are scheduled to work on any recognized stat holiday (or any part thereof, including being on call the day before)
Must be taken at a mutually agreeable time within 90 days of the holiday worked
No lieu days for Christmas Day, New Year’s Day & Boxing Day (this is included in the 5 days off over the holiday period)