AN150029 – Carpenters & Joiners (General) Award 1993

CLAUSE 21. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND HOLIDAY WORK

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(a) An employee on weekly hiring shall be entitled to the following public holidays without deduction of pay: New Year's Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Adelaide Cup Day, Queen;s Birthday, Labor Day, Christmas Day, Proclamation Day, or any other day proclaimed or days substituted by Act of Parliament of proclamation for any of these days.

(b) All work performed on any of the holidays prescribed in this clause shall be paid for at the rate of double time and a half.

(c) Easter Saturday (the day following Good Friday).

(i) All work performed on the day after Good Friday shall be paid for at the rate of double time and a half.

(ii) An employee required to work on the Saturday following Good Friday shall be afforded at least 4 hours work or paid for 4 hours at the appropriate rate, which in the case of inclement weather shall be ordinary time.

(d) Payment for public holidays not worked; weekly hired
employees:

(i) The employee's right to payment for any public holiday shall not be affected by any interruption or termination of his services by the employer if such interruption or termination has been made with the intention that the employer shall thereby avoid his obligation in respect to payment of such holiday.

(ii) Where the employment of employees of a particular class is interrupted or terminated by the employer within the seven days preceding the public holiday and employees of the same class and newly engaged by the same employer within the seven days after such public holiday, it shall be prima facie evidence that the interruption or termination was made by the employer in order to avoid his obligation under this clause.

The employee must work the working day immediately preceding and immediately following the abovementioned days, or be absent with the permission of the employer, or be absent with reasonable cause, to obtain the benefit of this clause. Absence arising from the termination of employment by the employee shall not be reasonable cause.