AP772288 - CSIRO (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Award 1999

PART 6 - TYPES OF LEAVE AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 

22. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

22.1 Definition: ‘public holiday’ means one of the holidays prescribed under this clause for which an employee is paid salary as if they were on duty.

22.2 Exclusions: Employees in the following categories shall not observe public holidays:

22.2.1 Caretaker (in residence).

22.2.2 Other special categories of employee as determined by CSIRO.

22.3 Designated holidays: Subject to 22.2, an employee will observe the following public holidays each year:

• 1 January (New Year’s Day) or, if that day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday;
• 26 January (Australia Day) or, if that day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday;
• Good Friday and the following Saturday and Monday;
• 25 April (Anzac Day), or where another day is substituted by State or Territory governments, that day;
• in each State and Territory, the day observed to celebrate the anniversary of the birthday of the Sovereign;
• the day variously called ‘Eight Hour Day’, ‘Labor Day’, ‘Labour Day’, or ‘May Day’ as proclaimed by State or Territory governments;
• 25 December (Christmas Day) or, if that day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, 27 December;
• 26 December (Boxing Day) or, if that day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, 28 December; and
• an additional day within the Christmas/New Year period according to the following table:

Christmas Day	Additional Day
Sunday	Wednesday 28 December
Monday	Wednesday 27 December
Tuesday	Monday 31 December
Wednesday	Friday 27 December
Thursday	Monday 29 December
Friday	Tuesday 29 December
Saturday	Wednesday 29 December

22.4 Local public holidays: An employee in a state or territory may also observe up to 2 local public holiday(s) each year when:

22.4.1 those days are declared under State or Territory law and gazetted in the Government Gazette; and

22.4.2 they are observed by the whole of the community in the State or Territory, (or relevant part of the State or Territory).

Two half-day public holidays equal one public holiday for the purpose of this sub-clause.

22.5 Total number of public holidays: The number of national and local public holidays that can be observed in any calendar year by employees in any locality cannot exceed 13 days.