Easter is coming up and with it it brings many public holidays, which means different trading hours and wage rates for your business. Check out the information below to help with understanding staff entitlements on these days and remember if you need assistance with IR or HR give us a call.
Let’s start by watching this great little video from the Fair Work Ombudsman about public holidays and employee entitlements.
Public holidays differ from state to state, some even change from year to year or may be moved to a week day due to falling on a weekend. Below is a list of upcoming public holidays for each state or territory in Australia.
Saturday 1 January – New Year’s Day
Monday 3 January – Additional public holiday for New Year’s Day
Wednesday 26 January – Australia Day
Monday 14 March – Canberra Day
Friday 15 April – Good Friday
Saturday 16 April – Easter Saturday
Sunday 17 April – Easter Sunday
Monday 18 April – Easter Monday
Monday 25 April – Anzac Day
Saturday 1 January – New Year’s Day
Monday 3 January – Additional public holiday for New Year’s Day
Wednesday 26 January – Australia Day
Friday 15 April – Good Friday
Saturday 16 April – Easter Saturday
Sunday 17 April – Easter Sunday
Monday 18 April – Easter Monday
Monday 25 April – Anzac Day
Saturday 1 January – New Year’s Day
Monday 3 January – Additional public holidays for New Year’s Day
Wednesday 26 January – Australia Day
Friday 15 April – Good Friday
Saturday 16 April – Easter Saturday
Sunday 17 April – Easter Sunday
Monday 18 April – Easter Monday
Monday 25 April – Anzac Day
Saturday 1 January – New Year’s Day
Monday 3 January – Additional public holiday for New Year’s Day
Wednesday 26 January – Australia Day
Friday 15 April – Good Friday
Saturday 16 April – The day after Good Friday
Sunday 17 April – Easter Sunday
Monday 18 April – Easter Monday
Monday 25 April – Anzac Day
Monday 3 January – New Year’s Day (substitute day as New Year’s Day falls on a Saturday)
Wednesday 26 January – Australia Day
Monday 14 March – Adelaide Cup Day (subject to proclamation)
Friday 15 April – Good Friday
Saturday 16 April – Easter Saturday
Monday 18 April – Easter Monday
Monday 25 April – Anzac Day
Monday 3 January – New Year’s Day (substitute day as New Year’s Day falls on a weekend)
Wednesday 26 January – Australia Day
Monday 14 February – Royal Hobart Regatta (only observed in certain areas of the state)
Monday 14 March – Eight Hours Day
Friday 15 April – Good Friday
Monday 18 April – Easter Monday
Tuesday 19 April – Easter Tuesday – generally Public Service only
Monday 25 April – Anzac Day
Saturday 1 January – New Year’s Day
Monday 3 January – Additional public holiday for New Year’s Day
Wednesday 26 January – Australia Day
Monday 14 March – Labour Day
Friday 15 April – Good Friday
Saturday 16 April – Saturday before Easter Sunday
Sunday 17 April – Easter Sunday
Monday 18 April – Easter Monday
Monday 25 April – Anzac Day
Saturday 1 January – New Year’s Day
Monday 3 January – Additional public holiday for New Year’s Day
Wednesday 26 January – Australia Day
Monday 7 March – Labour Day
Friday 15 April – Good Friday
Sunday 17 April – Easter Sunday
Monday 18 April – Easter Monday
Monday 25 April – Anzac Day
Employees don’t have to work on a public holiday, however, an employer can ask an employee to work on a public holiday, if the request is reasonable. The employee can refuse a request to work if they have reasonable grounds and employers need to consider all relevant circumstances when asking. Click here to read more about this.
The Fair Work Ombudsman website has a great selection of tools and resources to help with understanding entitlements for public holidays. Check out the public holiday penalty rates calculator for information tailored to your industry.
If you have any questions about Employee Entitlements or IR/HR in general please call the NBIA Membership Hotline on 1300 557 022 or email the NBIA Membership Officer.