There is confusion among some retailers as to which day is the public holiday. Click here for a link to the FairWork web page that has the information if your business trades under an award. While an EBA could be different, I suspect most coming by here will not have an EBA in place.
For the record, no state lists January 26 as a public holiday. This means public holiday rates will not apply that day.
Mark, I accept your statement, howver I notice that the Day is listed in NSW as a given day off on the Monday as this falls on Saturday.
a day off is a holiday and posted on a Govt site probably inferes it is gazetted as such.
I would advise all newsagents toi check this out as I believe you could be up for penalty rates as it is a given holiday just deffered as d most holidays when they fall on a weekend.
Mark,
Australia Day has been gazetted as a Public Holiday Australia wide, for Monday 28 Jan It attracts the usual penalty rates for Public Holidays.
I have just have this pointed out as official.
This old hoary chestnut arises again. HALLELUJAH !
If Jesus was not born or got married or got his first root today how can it be a public holiday.
We have long discarded and trashed this thinking behind us with our 1901 constitution and that glorifies the moment when Australia came to be. We are today allowed i think between 10 nor 11 public holidays a year.
However some locations like Grafton give a regional and own a half day public Holiday. Jacaranda Thursday, when after lunch the whole town goes out publicly gets pissed.If you want team building in a country town nothing beats it.
Cheers
Graeme, That it is on the FairWork indicates it is gazetted. That it is the Monday was my point.
Thanks Mark for clearing this up I have had some newsagents ‘phoning re this matter as they didn’t quite get it.