Christmas holidays 2022/2023

The upcoming Christmas public holidays are observed this year as follows:

All employees are entitled to public holiday benefits provided it would normally be a working day for that employee, whether they are casual, fixed term, part time or full time. There is no minimum period of time an employee has to be employed to get a public holiday entitlement. However, an agreement can be made between the employer and the employee to transfer the observance of the public holiday to another day if the observed date is not convenient for either party.

If an employee works on a public holiday, then the employee will be entitled to time and a half for the time worked and an alternative holiday day must be provided as a minimum.  If employee Employment Agreements offer a more favorable entitlement then those conditions must override legislation.