AT794071 - Queensland Local Government Officers' Award 1998 [Transitional]
16.1 All work done by an officer, other than an Executive Officer, on 1 January (New year's Day), 26 January (Australia Day), Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Monday, 25 April (Anzac Day), the birthday of the Sovereign, 25 December (Christmas Day), and Boxing Day, or any day appointed under the Queensland Holidays Acts to be observed as a holiday in place of any such holidays in the State of Queensland, shall be paid for at the rate of double time and a half - with a minimum payment as for four hours at that rate:
Provided that all work performed by an officer, other than an Executive Officer, on 1 May (Labour Day) or any day appointed under the Queensland Holidays Acts to be observed as a holiday in place of that holiday, shall be paid for at the rate of double time and a half with a minimum payment as for four hours at that rate.
For the purposes of this part of this clause double time and a half shall mean time and a half in addition to the officer's weekly, fortnightly or monthly salary, if the work is performed during the ordinary working hours prescribed by this award for the day of the week on which the holiday falls, or double time and a half in addition to the officer's weekly, fortnightly or monthly salary if the work is performed outside such ordinary working hours.
16.2 All work done by an officer, other than an Executive Officer, in a district specified from time to time by the Governor in Council by Order in Council published in the Queensland Government Industrial Gazette on the day appointed under the Queensland Holidays Acts to be observed as a holiday in relation to the annual agricultural, horticultural and/or industrial show held at the principal city or town, as specified in such Order in Council, of such district (or at the discretion of the respondent, two half days in lieu thereof) shall be paid for at the rate of double time and a half:
Provided that where no such day is gazetted for a district, the respondent in that district shall nominate in each calendar year a day being one of the days Monday to Friday inclusive which shall be the purpose of this part of this clause be deemed to be a public holiday.
16.3 No officer shall be entitled to receive or be paid for more than one Show Day holiday in each calendar year.
16.4 Where in a State or Territory or locality within a State or Territory an additional public holiday is proclaimed or gazetted by the authority of the Commonwealth Government or of a State or Territory Government and such proclaimed or gazetted holiday is to be observed generally by persons throughout that State or Territory or a locality thereof, other than by those covered by Federal Awards, or when such a proclaimed or gazetted day is, by any required judicial or administrative order, to be so observed, then such day shall be deemed to be a holiday for the award, who are employed in the State, Territory or locality in respect of which the holiday has been proclaimed or ordered as required.
16.5 A regular part-time officer whose usual day of work falls on a public holiday shall be entitled to be absent for the day without loss of pay. Where a regular part-time officer is directed to work on a public holiday, then such officer shall be paid double time and a half for all time worked. Provided that, where a regular part-time officer does not work the same hours week by week, then, in each week which contains a public holiday, the ordinary hours of duty of such an officer shall be reduced to one-fifth for each public holiday so occurring.
16.6 All time worked by a casual officer on any of the public holidays mentioned in clause 16.1 above, shall be paid for at the appropriate hourly rate plus 150% with a minimum payment as for four hours work.
