Where Christmas Day is a Saturday or Sunday, a holiday in lieu thereof shall be observed on 27 December.
Where Christmas Day. Boxing Day or New Year’s Day are gazetted to days other than their traditional calendar date, employees will be given a choice as below in relation to the traditional day of celebration:
Where Christmas Day. Boxing Day, New Years Day, Australia Day, or Anzac Day fall on a Saturday or Sunday, and a day is substituted, the Saturday or Sunday for which substitution is made will be deemed not to be a holiday.
Where Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall on a Sunday and the holiday is observed on Monday, an employee working on the day observed as the holiday shall be paid, in addition to holiday pay, time and one-half for time worked. (Payment for time worked on Sunday, December 25th and Sunday, January 1st, is covered in sections 18.11, 18.12 and 18.13).
Where Christmas Day. Boxing Day, New Years Day or Australia Day fall on weekends, the public holiday and associated penalties will apply on the actual day of the holiday that is Saturday or Sunday and there will be no day recognised for such payment in lieu. This provision will remain in force for the period of time that the All Purpose wage agreement continues.
