Scheduling & Stat Holidays

All Residents are entitled to either a day off on or before a statutory holiday or an alternate day off, which is commonly called a lieu day. Residents who have worked a shift scheduled on a statutory holiday are entitled to pay that is double their normal daily pay rate, except for Good Friday, Christmas, and Labour Day, where they are entitled to 2.5 times their normal daily rate. Please see Article 11 of the Collective Agreement for details.

After a stat day has been worked, Residents report the stat on an online form administered by UBC. For questions about this form and submitting for stat pay, contact your program assistant/administrator.

There are two types of stat days:

* The Canada Day stat is observed on a fixed calendar date, July 1st, except when July 1st falls on a Sunday. In this instance only, the stat moves to July 2nd. Stat pay is only available to those who work on July 2nd.

In any given year, some of the calendar date stats may fall on a weekend. Although the Monday immediately following the stat is often taken as the lieu day, it is not a stat day itself, and working on the lieu day will not result in additional pay.

All residents for the purposes of calculating entitlements are paid salary for weekdays. Where a stat is on a weekday and the service can give the statutory day off that entitlement is met. Where the resident is not able to be released, they must be given an alternate weekday off at a mutually agreed upon time with effort for it to be within the same rotation where possible.

Where the stat is on a weekend, all residents are entitled to a lieu day because they are either on a scheduled day off or working a call shift. This lieu day must be scheduled at a mutually agreed upon time, with effort for it to be within the same rotation where possible. Where a service closes on an observed stat, the resident may elect to use this as their lieu day if it is mutually agreeable. Residents who work any portion of the stat holiday are also entitled to receive stat pay.

Holiday Break

Every resident is entitled to 5 consecutive days off during the 14-day period that encompasses Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day and two full weekends. These 5 days will account for the three statutory holidays: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, and 2 weekend days. Residents who take the 5 days will not receive in-lieu days if they are scheduled to work on one of the statutory holidays, although they are still entitled stat pay. These 5 days can be taken at any mutually agreed upon (between the resident and the program) time during the specified period. For example, the 5 days could be Monday-Friday (meaning residents could be scheduled on the weekends for call), or the 5 days could be Wednesday-Sunday (with the resident working the beginning of the week).

Alternate Religious Holidays

A Resident who is a practitioner of a recognized faith that does not celebrate Good Friday, Easter Monday, and/or Christmas Day, may designate an alternate paid holiday as a replacement, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, subject to the discretion of the Program Director and the following provisions:

• Any such day must be identified, explained and declared by the resident by July 15th of each program year in order to be considered.

• Should a resident designate alternate paid holidays no premium pay shall be paid for working on the stat that was substituted (ie: a Resident that replaced the Christmas stat for Rosh Hashanah, if they work on Christmas Day, they do not receive 2.5 their normal rate; it is considered a normal day of service for them.)

• If a resident designates an alternate to Christmas, they are not entitled to take the five consecutive days that are given during the Christmas period at the time of their appointed holiday. However, if service requirements can be met, considerations will be made to provide the resident with five consecutive days off during the 12-day period of Christmas and New Years.

Residents are entitled to 20 working days vacation. This equates to four calendar weeks (a week is defined as seven consecutive days)

Vacation scheduling is determined by the Program Director in accordance with operational and educational requirements. Every effort will be made to permit a Resident at least their third choice for a vacation period. Vacation requests must be made in writing.

A minimum of two consecutive weeks’ vacation shall be granted to Residents so desiring.

A Resident shall not be scheduled for on-call duty on the weekend immediately preceding or immediately following a block of vacation where the block starts on a Monday and continues uninterrupted ending on a Friday. Your days on service are also reduced for calculating the number of calls in a block.

If both spouses (including common-law) are residents, subject to operational needs, they are entitled to take their vacation together.

There is no policy prohibiting residents from moonlighting, provided they meet the eligibility criteria for the necessary license. UBC has a policy on it available here.