Article 11 – Statutory Holidays

• New Year's Day
• Family Day
• Good Friday
• Easter Monday
• Victoria Day
• Canada Day
• Saskatchewan Day
• Labour Day
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• Thanksgiving Day
• Remembrance Day
• Christmas Day
• Boxing Day    

Residents who are scheduled and work on a statutory holiday or any portion thereof shall be entitled to either:

• 1 regular day’s salary + 0.5 day’s salary + 1 day in lieu to be used at a later date

OR

• 1 regular day’s salary + 1.5 day’s salary
• If requesting the first option, the day in lieu must:
  • be submitted to the College of Medicine within a thirty (30) day period before or after the day of the statutory holiday
• be shown explicitly on the duty schedule within the academic year wherever possible, or up to sixty (60) days into the new academic year for returning residents.
• subject to the mutual agreement between the Resident and Program Director
• this benefit will be prorated on the basis of an eight (8) hour day if a resident is on call for less than eight (8) hours on a statutory holiday
• Payment for statutory holidays must be issued before the end of the academic year in which it was accrued.

When a statutory holiday falls on a weekend, the University will declare either the Friday before or the Monday following the weekend as the “stat in lieu” day.

If a resident works on a stat in lieu day, they will receive one paid day off to be used within the academic year. No additional pay will be issued.

For the purpose of pay calculation, one (1) day’s pay is calculated as follows:

• Normal daily rate of pay = current annual rate ÷ by 261 normal duty days
• Current annual rate is defined in Article 8.1

Premium pay for being on duty the day of a statutory holiday shall be paid for the actual calendar day, and shall not be paid for any alternate named day.

If a statutory holiday falls on a Resident’s regularly scheduled day off or during the vacation period, such Resident shall receive an additional day off with pay. Such day off shall be shown explicitly on the duty schedule.

Subject to patient care requirements as determined by the College of Medicine, Residents will receive six (6) consecutive calendar days off duty with pay in lieu of the Christmas and New Year’s Day statutory holidays. Any additional time off contiguous with the six (6) days shall be at the discretion of the College of Medicine.

Residents who are post call on their first of six (6) consecutive calendar days off will receive an additional day in lieu to be scheduled any time in the corresponding academic year, provided they were receiving only six (6) consecutive days off.

It is agreed and understood that this provision takes advantage of the traditional seasonal slowdown in health services to afford Residents with a period of rest and reflection away from their regular duties between Dec. 20 and Jan. 5.

There shall be no additional payment or time off for Residents who have worked on any statutory holiday between Dec. 20 and Jan. 5, provided they have received their six (6) day block as described above. The parties recognize that this provision represents a special situation and that regular work week and weekend is to be maintained in the duty schedule prior to and/or after the six (6) day block. Residents and Program Directors will mutually determine the necessary adjustments to duty schedules to implement this clause in a manner consistent with Article 9.

The Employer will accommodate the interests of Residents in the observation of their religious/cultural holidays. A Resident may request, with the approval of the Program Director, that the six (6) consecutive days off duty during seasonal slowdown be scheduled to another time to accommodate the observance of an alternative religious/cultural holiday. The six (6) day block cannot be separated into smaller parts, and thus can only be used once in the corresponding academic year. A Resident who is granted an alternate six (6) days off to observe an alternate religious/cultural holiday shall work normal duty hours and call as applicable during the period between Dec. 20 and Jan. 5. They shall not receive additional payment or time off for working any stat holidays during the seasonal slowdown, provided they have received their six (6) consecutive days off within the corresponding academic year.

Where a Resident is scheduled for the middle day(s) of a long weekend, this person is entitled to a paid day(s) off. The paid day off must be arranged with the Program Director (or the Administrative Resident where this authority is delegated by the Program Director) and taken before the end of the academic year in which it was accrued, or up to 60 days into the new academic year for returning residents.

The on-call period on the middle day is defined as 0800 to 0800. Any Resident who works a minimum of eight (8) hours (in-house or out-of-house) on the middle day is entitled to a day off. When the middle day overlaps the statutory holiday from 2400 hours to 0800 hours, the Resident is entitled to claim the greater of the two (2) benefits. The Resident shall be entitled to claim only one (1) benefit in a twenty-four (24) hour period.