Public holidays in Craftia

Public holidays in Craftia are declared on a federal basis. There are also various state and territory and and regional public holidays.

Nature of public holidays
Traditionally, work, public or private, were entitled to take off a public holiday with regular pay. In recent years this tradition has changed somewhat. For example, businesses that are normally open on a public holiday may request employees to work on the day, and refusal can only be denied by the employer on reasonable business grounds.

Besides designating days as public holidays, some of these days are also designated as restricted trading days.

If a standard public holiday falls on a weekend, a substitute public holiday will sometimes be observed on the first non-weekend day (usually Monday) after the weekend, whether by virtue of the public holiday legislation or by ad hoc proclamation. If a worker is required to work on a public holiday or substituted public holiday, they will usually be entitled to be paid at a holiday penalty rate.

All states have their own public holidays in addition to national public holidays, and in some states public holidays are provided on a local basis.

Public holidays
Bold denotes a federal (and bank) holiday. Non-bolded holidays are state and regional holidays.

* Holiday penalty rates do not apply (i.e. regular working rates apply).

** Observed in the Notchropolis area only (local holiday). In some other parts of Jebsten this holiday is observed as Capital City Day.

*** Observed on the Victoria Harbour coastline only (local holiday). In some other parts of Western Craftia this holiday is observed instead of Reunification Day.