Your employee is entitled to one of the following:

•    a) a paid day off on that day
•    b) a paid day off within a month of that day
•    c) an additional day of annual leave
•    d) an additional day of pay

Full-time workers

Full-time workers have immediate entitlement to benefit for public holidays.

Part-time workers

Part-time workers have entitlement to benefit when they have worked a total of 40 hours in the previous 5 weeks.

Entitlements

When an employee works on a public holiday they are entitled to be paid for the day in accordance with their agreed rates. In addition, they also have an entitlement to benefit for the public holiday. This can be different for each public holiday and each employee depending on the individual's work pattern.

Business closed on a bank holiday

If the employee would normally be due to work, then they get their normal day's pay.

Business open on a bank holiday

If employee works, he/she is entitled to either paid time off or an additional day's pay. The additional day's pay is what was paid for the normal daily hours last worked before the public holiday.

If an employee is not normally rostered to work, then they will be entitled to one-fifth of their normal weekly wage extra.