Paying a Casual Employee for Working this Public Holiday - or Paying a Regular Employee for Working On Their Normal Day Off

This example article shows how to add public holiday hours worked to a timesheet for non-regular staff.

Updated: June 2024

My employee is working on this public holiday. They are a casual employee who only works when work is available, or they are my regular employee who normally would not work on this day if it wasn't a public holiday. Let's break down this example.

On this public holiday, this employee is:

✅	Working hours for which they must be paid.
✅	This day is their usual day off if it wasn't a public holiday, according to their work pattern (OWD), or
✅	They are a casual worker who only works when work is available, like on this public holiday

Their timesheet should have this for the public holiday:

✅	Public holiday pay at 1.5 x regular rate (Holidays Act)

Here is a timesheet example:

Add 'Public Hol wrkd' pay type to the timesheet with the actual hours worked added. This pay type pays at 1.5x the usual rate as per the Holidays Act.

Paying a Casual Employee for Working this Public Holiday - or Paying a Regular Employee for Working On Their Normal Day Off

This example article shows how to add public holiday hours worked to a timesheet for non-regular staff.

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