PARIM is the Professional Association of Residents and Interns of Manitoba

9.01 Each Resident shall receive a four (4) week vacation with pay to be taken between July 1 of any year and June 30 of the following year.  The scheduling of vacations shall be decided normally in advance prior to the commencement of the academic year, namely July 1, but in no case later than September 15th, by consultation between the Residents on a particular service and the appropriate Program Director.  Where a Resident does not indicate a preference for a particular vacation period this may result in vacation being scheduled by the Program Director.  Unless otherwise mutually agreed, a Resident’s vacation shall, at the option of the Resident, be consecutive or taken in separate two (2) week periods.  In the event a Resident is in voluntary unpaid status for any portion of the year, by reason other than maternity, paternity, parental or adoptive leave, vacation shall be provided on a pro-rata basis.

9.02 Each Resident shall be entitled to five (5) consecutive days off, without loss of pay, at Christmas or New Year’s.  Five (5) consecutive days shall include statutory holidays, regular days off and regular working days.  Each Resident shall, not less than thirty (30) days prior to Christmas in any year, advise the appropriate Program Director as to whether he or she wishes to take the said five (5) days at Christmas or New Year’s or at some other time during the year.  If a Resident selects time off over either Christmas or New Year then the Resident shall receive his choice of time off, provided that the Program Director may require the Resident to take his days off over the other holiday not initially selected by the Resident, if the reasonable demands of the service require such an adjustment.  Where a Resident initially requests time off at some other time during the year then the five (5) days off shall be taken at a time mutually convenient to that person and the Program Director but not later than June 30th.  Upon request, a Resident shall be permitted to utilize up to three (3) of the days provided in this sub-article for the purpose of taking time off for personal reasons such as religious observance or special occasion, provided that a minimum of one month’s notice is given in order to accommodate scheduling.

9.03 All Residents shall be entitled to the following recognized holidays, namely, Canada Day, August Civic Holiday, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, and Victoria Day.  Further, it is understood that if any other holiday is proclaimed by Federal or Provincial statute during the life of this Collective Agreement then such additional holiday(s) shall also be recognized.

• (i) If a Resident is scheduled to be on call for at least eight (8) hours between the time 0000 and 2400 on a recognized holiday then the Resident shall be entitled to a paid day off, in lieu of the holiday.  Such time off shall be taken either during the same rotation in which the statutory holiday occurred, at a time mutually agreed upon between the Resident and the appropriate Program Director or, if this does not occur, the Resident shall be entitled to bank such time off to be taken at a time agreed to between the Resident and the Program Director provided always that any accumulated time must be taken during the academic year.
• (ii) If a statutory holiday falls within a Resident’s vacation or on his/her regularly scheduled day off, or when he/she is on-site/on-call, then the Resident shall receive an alternate day off without loss of pay to be taken during the academic year at a time mutually agreed between the Resident and the appropriate Program Director.