Working on Public Holidays. (a) Except in the situation specified above, where some Employees are required to work on a public holiday such Employees will be paid double time and one half for each hour worked on a public holiday.
(b) When Employees are required to work on a public holiday the Employer will select Employees on the following basis:
(i) The Employer will call for volunteers.
(ii) The principle of equal access to work on public holidays will apply for Employees who volunteer to work on a public holiday.
(iii) When the number of volunteers exceed the Employer requirements, the volunteers who are not able to be allocated work shall be given preference for public holiday work when they volunteer on future occasions.
(iv) The Employer will maintain a record of volunteers for the purpose of ensuring the principle of equal access for those Employees who volunteer to work on public holidays.
(c) Casual Employee/s who are required to work on a public holiday shall be paid at the relevant public holiday rate plus the ordinary casual loading, not compounding.
Working on Public Holidays. All time worked on the public holidays set out in clause 6.6 (Public Holidays) outside the ordinary working hours specified in this Agreement, prescribed by a roster, or usually worked on the day of the week on which the holiday is kept, shall be paid at double the rate prescribed by this Agreement for such time when worked outside such working hours on an ordinary working day. That is, where the rate prescribed is time and a half the rate payable is three (3) times the ordinary rate and where the rate prescribed is double time the rate payable is four (4) times the ordinary rate.
Working on Public Holidays. From time to time there may be a requirement to request certain areas of the business to work on a Public Holiday. If such a request is made, employees may be offered the choice of receiving double time and a half payments for time worked, or they may decide to receive time and a half payment plus a day off in lieu of the Public Holiday worked. This offer would be discussed with those involved in advance of the Public Holiday so that pay arrangements for any such situation are clear and agreed. This option is not an automatic choice and may not be offered to production employees.
Working on Public Holidays. The University may request an employee to work on a public holiday if the request is reasonable. An employee may, however, refuse such a request if the requirement is not reasonable or if the refusal is reasonable. Professional staff, other than casual employees, who work on a public holiday will receive time off in lieu, except where overtime payment is claimed.
Working on Public Holidays a The Employer may request that an Employee work on a public holiday if the request is reasonable. b An Employee may refuse the request if the request is not reasonable, or the refusal is reasonable, taking into account the matters set out in the NES.
Working on Public Holidays. 20.2.1 Where an employee is required to work on a public holiday they will be paid for all time worked at the rate of double time and one half.
20.2.2 By agreement between the employer and the Officer concerned, the Officer may be granted time off in ordinary hours equivalent to the penalty rate, without loss of pay at a mutually agreed time.
20.2.3 If an employee is not rostered to work on a public holiday, but is recalled to work on that day the employee is entitled to be paid a minimum of 3 hours work at the appropriate rate. Time reasonably spent travelling to and from work shall be counted as work time.
20.2.4 On any public holiday not prescribed as a holiday under this agreement, the employer’s establishment or place of business is closed, in which case an employee need not present themselves for duty and payment may be deducted, but if work is done, ordinary rates shall apply.
Working on Public Holidays. (i) If an employee is required to work in accordance with the provisions of this Collective Agreement on any part of a public holiday, they shall receive payment for the greater of -
(a) the portion of the employee’s relevant daily pay (less any penal rates) that relates to the time actually worked on the day plus half that amount again; or
(b) the portion of the employee’s relevant daily pay that relates to the time actually worked on the day.
(ii) In sub-clause (i) (a) above ‘penal rates’ -
(a) means an identifiable additional amount that is payable to compensate the employee for working on a particular day of the week or a public holiday; but
(b) does not include, for example, any additional payment for a sixth or seventh day of work.
Working on Public Holidays. If the Employee is required or requested to work on a public holiday, the Holidays Act 2003 will apply.
Working on Public Holidays. The University may request a Staff Member to work on a Public Holiday if the request is reasonable. A Staff Member may refuse such a request if the requirement is not reasonable or if the refusal is reasonable. Where a Staff Member other than a Casual Staff Member works on a Public Holiday, the Staff Member shall be provided with 2 days off in lieu, or alternatively, shall receive a payment in accordance with paragraph 10.2.6 (d).
Working on Public Holidays. The employer may require adequate staffing on weekends and gazetted public holidays specific to a particular state and public holidays that do not apply to all states in Australia on the same day. This clause does not diminish in any way the employer’s right to require employees to work reasonable overtime to cover staffing requirements for weekends and/or public holidays.
