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In recognition of Resident Physicians who are scheduled and take calls the day before a Named Holiday resulting in working a portion of the Named Holiday, all Resident Physicians shall be entitled to four (4) personal days off each Appointment Year without loss of pay. These personal days are not part of the vacation entitlement.
Personal days are meant to replace the loss of a long weekend. Hence, there is no provision in the Resident Physician Agreement to guarantee being able to take two or more personal days together. As well, while there is no set time to apply for these days in advance, resident physicians are encouraged to give their program as much advance notice as possible. Similar to vacation, the requested days are not automatically approved.
The four personal days provided in the Resident Physician Agreement are available to be used throughout each Appointment Year. There is no provision for personal Days to be paid out or carried forward into the next Appointment Year, if they are not used, they are lost.