Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Monday are public holidays under our awards & agreements. Your public holiday entitlements are as follows:

Public and Private Sector

• All staff rostered for ordinary duty on a public holiday are entitled be paid for the time worked with a minimum of four hours wages at the rate of time and a half in addition to their normal weekly wage. (Time off in lieu at the penalty rate with a minimum of six hours time off may be taken by agreement, as well as payment for the day). If an employee is entitled to a full working day off, this may be added to annual leave by mutual consent.

 

• Full time shift employees rostered off on a public holiday (i.e. those who are normally rostered over a seven day cycle where a public holiday falls on any day when they are not rostered for duty) are entitled to the normal weekly wage plus one and a half days pay (or one and a half days time in lieu) for the public holiday.

 

• Full time Monday to Friday staff who do not work on Saturdays are entitled to one day’s pay or, by consent, a day in lieu for Easter Saturday or have a day added to annual leave.

 

• Full time staff where a public holiday falls on a day on which they normally work but they are not required to work. – are entitled to one day’s pay i.e. are paid for the public holiday.

 

• Part time staff where a public holiday falls on a day on which they normally work but they are not required to work. – are entitled to one day’s pay at the number of hours that they normally are rostered on that day. This includes Easter Saturday.

Private Sector Only

• Part-time staff who work Monday to Friday are entitled to one day’s pay or, by consent, a day in lieu for Easter Saturday or a day added to annual leave.

• Depending in the particular EBA, part-time staff who work rotating rosters may receive payment for a public holiday based on the frequency on which they are rostered on that particular day of the week.

Public sector only

• Part-time staff where a public holiday falls on a day when they are not rostered to work – are entitled to a pro-rata payment based on average hours worked for the previous 6 months as a proportion of 38, at ordinary time. This applies whether or not the staff member ever works on this day of the week. Please note that this applies to Easter Saturday - see below.

Easter Saturday Entitlement For Public Sector, Monday - Friday Part-Timers

All part-time members who normally (or always) work ordinary hours between Monday and Friday must receive a pro rata payment for Easter Saturday at the rate of ordinary time.

This payment is due even if the part-time member never works on Saturdays and is regardless of whether all days Monday-Friday is worked or only some days.

The pro rata entitlement for part-timers applies to all public holidays and also applies to Good Friday for part-timers who do not work on Fridays and to Easter Monday to members who do not work on Mondays.

Recall to duty – public holiday

An employee recalled to duty on a public holiday is entitled to be paid at time and a half with a minimum of 2 hours pay /3 hours pay (depending on the relevant EBA) in addition to being paid for the day.