Queen's memorial public holiday - September 2022

1. Go to the Non-Working Day Group Maintenance form.

2. Select the Public holidays option.
   

3. Enter the relevant non-working day details:

   	Australia	New Zealand
   Date	22/09/2022	26/09/2022
   Description	Queen's Memorial AU	Queen's Memorial NZ

   

4. In the Working calendars section, select the the calendar you want to add the public holiday to.

5. Click the right-arrow icon ( ).
   

6. On the form toolbar, click the save icon ( ).

Check that you have made the appropriate arrangements to update staff who were previously scheduled to start or finish their employment on the date of the public holidays.

Employee entitlements

Employees with leave already planned on the new holiday are entitled to the new holiday depending on the type of leave, and whether it was paid or unpaid:

• In both Australia and New Zealand, annual and sick leave must only be replaced if it's “paid” and the day would have been a regular/normal work day for the employee (both AU and NZ).

• For Australian long service leave, the rules are determined by state or territory legislation.

• Unpaid leave cannot be replaced by a paid public holiday

For more information about which employees are entitled to the public holiday, see the available government guidance:

• Australia:

  • Fair Work Act 2009, s.114-116

  • Not working on public holidays

• New Zealand:

  • When a Public Holiday Falls Within a Leave Period

  • Public Holidays

  • Holidays Act 2003

Managing pre-existing leave requests

If you do have any leave requests that need to be changed, you can go to HR > Leave Planning > Leave Request Entry.