public holidays

There are two types of holiday – Christmas and New Year, and all other public holidays.
This section has information on how the rules apply to the 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 payslip handy when you use the tool.

• general entitlements
• working on a public holiday
• public holidays payment
• alternative holidays (days in lieu) for employees who work on public holidays payment
• entitlements for employees working shifts or on call
• calculating payment for public holidays – “relevant daily pay" time and a half payment for time worked
• time and a half payment for time worked

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This page was last updated on: 20-Mar-2007 and is current.