Got a question for you guys.
My contract just got changed to Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Now, with the Easter break coming up and myself having to work all those days back-to-back, how would the public holiday rates work out??
Having checked the award, its not real clear by stating the Easter Saturday is a holiday (WTF? since when was that a holiday?) but Easter Sunday is not (huh? When you check the official NSW govt website, Easter Sunday is clearly a public holiday too … always has been). Assuming they pay out holiday rates on only one of the days, then wouldn't it make sense to take "your own" holiday and still be paid, albeit at ordinary?
I know that Good Friday and Easter Monday are definitely public holidays (but would both count?). And despite Easter Sunday being a public holiday, as a technicality, its not a 'workday off' unlike Monday which is the public holiday in lieu i.e. the next available time to allocate the 'work-day off'. Also there's ANZAC day is the Friday the following week. Damn this is confusing lol.
So considering all that, can anyone briefly explain how the pay rates will play out for those respective days in the upcoming Easter period? Really appreciate the help to avoid being shafted and underpaid.