AN120019 - Animal Welfare, General (State) Award
(i) The days on which New Year's Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Queen's Birthday, Eight-hour Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day are observed, and all other days proclaimed as public holidays throughout the State, and the first Monday in August each year, or another day mutually agreed to between the employer and the employee, shall be holidays and employees not required to work on a holiday shall be paid for the holidays, even though not worked, at the ordinary rates of pay prescribed by clause 6, Wages. An employee required to work on a holiday shall be paid for such work at the rate of double time and one-half, with a minimum payment of four hours at such rate.
(ii) Where an employee is absent from employment on the working day before or the working day after a public holiday without reasonable excuse, or without the consent of the employer, the employee shall not be entitled to payment for such holiday; provided that an employee absent on one day only, either before or after a group of holidays, shall forfeit payment only for one holiday in such group of holidays.
(iii) Seven-day shift workers rostered off on a holiday shall be paid an additional day's pay for each such holiday rostered off duty.
