AN120196 – Engine Drivers General (State) Award

24. WORK ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

24.1 All work, other than shift work, performed on Sundays shall be paid for at the rate of double time and on Public Holidays shall be paid at the rate of double time and one-half.

24.2 Employees, other than on shift or engaged in maintaining the continuity of electric light and power required to work on Sundays or public holidays shall be paid for a minimum of three hours' work.

24.3 (a) An employee who works continuous work and who by the circumstances of the arrangement of their ordinary hours of work is entitled to a rostered day off which falls on a public holiday prescribed by clause 26 shall, at the discretion of the employer, be paid for that day 7 hours and 36 minutes at ordinary rates or have an additional day added to their annual leave. This provision shall not apply when the holiday on which the employee is rostered off falls on a Saturday or Sunday.

(b) In the case of an employee whose ordinary hours of work are arranged in accordance with paragraphs 20.2 (c) or (d) or subclause 20.5, the weekday to be taken off shall not coincide with a public holiday fixed in accordance with clause 26, Public Holidays: Provided that, in the event that a public holiday is prescribed after an employee has been given notice of their weekday off in accordance with subclause 20.7 and the public holiday falls on the weekday the employee is to take off, the employer shall allow the employee to take the day off on an alternative weekday.