AP822941 - Health Employees (Dental Health Services) Award 2003
19.1 Employees shall be entitled to the following public holidays without loss of pay:
19.1.1 New Year’s Day; Australia Day; Good Friday; Easter Monday; Anzac Day; Labour Day; Foundation Day; Sovereign’s Birthday; Christmas Day; Boxing Day; together with any other day which is declared a public holiday for the State Public Service in Western Australia; or such other day instead of any of these.
19.2 Where a public holiday in subclause 19.1.1 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday the holiday shall be observed on the next succeeding Monday, when boxing Day falls on a Sunday or Monday the holiday shall be observed on the next succeeding Tuesday.
19.3 When any of the days observed as a holiday in this clause falls during a period of annual leave the holiday or holidays shall be observed on the next succeeding work day or days as the case may be after completion of that annual leave.
19.4 An employee who is required to work on a public holiday during ordinary hours of work will be paid at the rate of double time and one half or if the employer agrees be paid for the time at time and a half and in addition be allowed to observe the holiday on a day mutually acceptable to the employer and employee.
19.5 When an employee is absent on leave without pay; sick leave without pay or worker’s compensation, any day observed as a holiday on a day falling during such absence will not be treated as a paid holiday. Where the employee is on duty or available on the whole of the working day immediately preceding a holiday or resumes duty or is available on the whole of the working day immediately following a day observed as a holiday the employee will be entitled to be paid for the holiday.
19.6 This clause will not apply to casual employees.
