Paying an Employee for a Public Holiday they are Not Working

Updated: June 2024

My employee is not working on this public holiday. They would normally work on this day if it wasn't a public holiday. Let's break down this example.

On this public holiday, this employee is:

✅	Not working
✅	This day is a day they would normally work if it wasn't a public holiday, according to their work pattern (OWD)

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
❌	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.

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

Further Resources

Information on public holiday payments from Employment New Zealand's website.
Need step-by-step instructions? Here is our guide to adding 'Public Hol off' to timesheets.

Paying an Employee for a Public Holiday they are Not Working

This example article shows how to add a paid public holiday off to a timesheet.

Further Resources