Q: As an employee, what are my entitlements in relation to public holidays?

A: Most employees are entitled to paid leave on public holidays. There is an exception for certain part-time employees

If you qualify for public holiday benefit, you are entitled to one of the following:

A paid day off on the public holiday

An additional day of annual leave

An additional day’s pay

A paid day off within a month of the public holiday

You can ask your employer at least 21 days before a public holiday, which of the alternatives will apply.

If your employer does not respond at least 14 days before the public holiday, you are entitled to take the actual public holiday as a paid day off.

Q. As a part-time worker, what is my entitlement to in relation to public holidays?

If you work for your employer for at least 40 hours in the five weeks before the public holiday and it falls on a day you normally work, you get paid for the day even if you don’t work.

If you have to work that day, you are entitled to an extra day’s pay.

If you don’t normally work on a certain day but it’s a public holiday, you should get paid one-fifth of your weekly pay.

Even if you never work on public holidays, you still get paid a........

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