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Public Holidays
The vast majority of medical practice staff employed in Victoria will have their public holiday entitlements determined by their Federal Award and the National Employment Standards (NES). For nursing staff the Award is Nurses Award 2010, and for administrative and health professionals the Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2010 (HP&SS).
The key public holidays are:
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Event |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
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New Years Day |
Fri 1 January |
Sat 1 January *Mon 3 January *additional day |
Sun 1 January *Mon 2 January *additional day |
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Australia Day |
Tues 26 January |
Wed 26 January |
Thurs 26 January |
|
Labour Day |
Mon 8 March |
Mon 14 March |
Mon 12 March |
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Good Friday |
Fri 2 April |
Fri 22 April |
Friday 6 April |
|
Saturday before Easter Sunday |
Sat 3 April |
Sat 23 April |
Sat 7 April |
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Easter Monday |
Mon 5 April |
Mon 25 April |
Monday 9 April |
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Anzac Day |
Mon 26 April *substitute for Sun 25 April |
Tues 26 April *substitute for Easter Mon 25 April |
Wednesday 25 April |
|
Queen's Birthday |
Mon 14 June |
Mon 13 June |
Mon 11 June |
|
Melbourne Cup Day# |
Tue 2 November |
Tue 1 November |
Tue 6 November |
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Christmas Day |
Mon 27 December *substitute for Sat 25 December |
Tues 27 December *substitute for Sun 25 December |
Tues 25 December |
|
Boxing day |
Sun 26 December *Tues 28 December *additional day |
Mon 26 December |
Tue 26 December |
# All of Victoria unless alternative local holiday has been arranged by non-metropolitan municipality
(NES S115(2) note (CL32.1 HP&SS)
Payment for working on a Public Holiday
Where an administrative employee is required to work on a public holiday he or she is to be paid at double time and a half for all time worked (CL32.2 HP&SS). Double time for Nurses (CL32.1 Nurses). Where an employee might otherwise have worked eight hours, but because it is a public holiday they only work four hours and have the other four hours off, they would be paid double time and a half for the four hours worked, and ordinary time for the other four hours not worked (S116 NES).
An employee not covered by a Federal Award, such as medical practitioners employed as assistants, has his or her public holiday entitlements determined by the provisions of the NES. Although Easter Saturday is listed as a public holiday under the Act, the entitlement is to have a `public holiday … without loss of pay’ – in other words the employee would only be paid had he or she otherwise been rostered to have worked that Saturday. If the employee is required to work he or she may agree on another day in substitution.
Melbourne Cup Day
Melbourne Cup Day is a public holiday in the Melbourne metropolitan area. Below is a list of the 30 Municipal Councils that comprise the metropolitan area.
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Banyule |
Bayside |
Boroondara |
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Brimbank |
Cardinia |
Casey |
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Darebin |
Frankston |
Glen Eira |
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Greater Dandenong |
Hobsons Bay |
Hume |
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Kingston |
Knox |
Manningham |
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Maribyrnong |
Maroondah |
Melbourne |
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Melton |
Monash |
Moonee Valley |
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Moreland |
Mornington Peninsular |
Nillumbik |
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Port Phillip |
Stonnington |
Whitehorse |
|
Whittlesea |
Wyndham |
Yarra |
Municipalities outside the metropolitan area may appoint a substitute day (or substitute half day) – for the whole municipality (or for parts of the municipality) by notice, published in the Victorian Government Gazette. To find out where your municipality stands in relation to gazetted public holidays, go to http://www.vic.gov.au/Victorian-Non-Metropolitan-Public-Holiday-Dates.html
