Public holidays

There are two types of public holidays – Christmas and New Year, and all other public holidays. Christmas and New Year are ‘Mondayised’ holidays. This means if the holiday falls on a weekend and the employee does not normally work on the weekend, the holiday is transferred to the following Monday or Tuesday. If the holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday and the employee normally works on that day it remains a traditional holiday and the employee is entitled to that day off on pay. This section has information on how the rules apply to these two different groups of public holidays.

Our Holidays Online Tool makes it easy to work out what pay and leave an employee is entitled to on public holidays. You can also use it to work out sick and bereavement leave entitlements. Make sure you have payroll information or a pay slip handy when you use the tool.

• General entitlements
• Working on a public holiday
• Payment for public holidays
• Alternative holidays (days in lieu) for employees who work on public holidays payment
• Public holidays - entitlements for employees working shifts or on call
• Public holidays - entitlements for employees working shifts that cross midnight
• Calculating payment for public holidays – “relevant daily pay" time and a half payment for time worked
• Shop opening hours

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This page was last updated on: 22-Apr-2010 and is current.