A Public Holiday Falls During my Employee's Annual Leave. What now?

Updated: July 2024

The public holiday falls during my employee's annual holidays on a day they would normally have worked. What do I enter in their timesheet - annual leave or paid public holiday off?

Let's break down this example.

On this public holiday, this employee is:

✅	Staying home (not working).
✅	On a form of paid leave (annual holidays)
✅	This day is a day they would normally work if it wasn't a public holiday and they weren't on holidays, according to their work pattern (OWD)

Info - Blue Block (1) Remember: Public Holiday always wins above other types of paid leave in the timesheet.

Their timesheet should have this for the public holiday:

✅	Relevant daily pay
✅	Regular payments included in Gross for this day, such as regular overtime and allowances
❌	Annual Leave day
❌	Reimbursing allowances
❌	Meal allowances and other discretionary payments

Here is a timesheet example:

Add 'Public Hol Off' pay type to the timesheet with their usual hours added. This pay type pays the employee's usual daily pay.

Do not deduct a day from their annual leave balance. Paid public holiday off always trumps other paid leave.

Add timesheet rows with other regular payments if applicable for this day.

A Public Holiday Falls During my Employee's Annual Leave. What now?

This example article shows the relationship between annual holidays and a paid public holiday off in a timesheet.

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