Paying Public Holidays during an Annual Closedown Period.

Updated: November 2026

If a public holiday falls during your annual closedown period on a day your employee would usually have worked your need to pay them a public holiday off.

On this public holiday, your employee is:

✅	Staying home (not working).
✅	On paid leave during the closedown period
✅	This day is a day they would normally work if it wasn't a closedown period - 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, (or leave in advance)
❌	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 annual leave from their balance for a Public Holiday.

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

What if the employee is on Leave Without Pay during this Annual Closedown?

An employee will not be entitled to be paid for the public holiday if it falls during a period of Leave Without Pay. Follow this link to our Help Article with this example.

Paying Public Holidays during an Annual Closedown Period.

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

What if the employee is on Leave Without Pay during this Annual Closedown?

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