Good Friday 18 April 2025
Easter Monday 21 April 2025
Anzac Day 25 April 2025
| If the number of persons employed in that business or those businesses in Tasmania exceeds 250 persons | Service stations, the sale of motor vehicles, car yards or dealers advertising or exposing motor vehicles for sale, the sale of replacement parts necessary for essential repairs to motor vehicles, restaurants and cafes whose ‘principal business’ is providing meals or cooked food
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| 18 April – Good Friday | Must not be open at any time | May trade |
| 21 April –
Easter Monday |
May trade | May trade |
| 25 April –
Anzac Day |
Must not open before 12.30 pm | May trade |
Only exempt shops are permitted to open until 12.30pm.
More information is available here.
Members are reminded that where a business is permitted to trade, the Vehicle Repair, Services and Retail Award 2020 (VRSR Award) and the Clerks – Private Sector Award 2020 (Clerks Award) enable an employer and employee to mutually agree to substitute another day for the public holiday.
Where agreement to substitute is reached, work performed on the public holiday becomes a normal working day and is paid accordingly. TACC advises members to ensure that the details of any agreed substitution are retained in writing.
Penalty rates of pay for work performed on Public Holidays (unless the employer and employee have agreed to substitute another day for the public holiday) are as follows:
Penalty Rates of Pay
| All full time and part time employees except console operators, driveway and roadhouse attendants and vehicle salespersons | 250 per cent of the minimum hourly rate
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| All casual employees, except console operators, driveway, roadhouse attendants and vehicle salespersons | 275 per cent of the minimum hourly rate |
| Full time and part time console operators, driveway and roadhouse attendants employed on a full-time basis (i.e., weekly hired): | 200 per cent of the minimum hourly rate |
| Casual console operators, driveway, and roadhouse attendants: | Flat rate applicable to Saturday, Sunday and public holidays is payable |
| Vehicle Salespeople – full time and part time | Double time and a half * |
| Casual Vehicle Salespeople | 275 per cent of the minimum hourly rate of pay |
* Double time and a half for full time and part time salespersons means:
- If more than half a day is worked, half of the salesperson’s minimum weekly rate of pay prescribed under the Award – e.g., $1032.30 divided by two, which equates to $516.15 for the public holiday worked.
- If half a day or less is worked, one quarter of the salesperson’s minimum weekly rate of pay prescribed under the Award – e.g., $1032.30 divided by four, which equates to $258.08 for the public holiday worked (rounded to the nearest cent).
The relevant amount provided above is in addition to the appropriate minimum hourly rate paid to employees for hours worked during the remainder of the week. For example, a vehicle salesperson employed on a 38-hour week at a minimum hourly rate of $27.17 per hour (i.e., $1032.30 per week), would be entitled to 30.4 hours @ $27.17 (i.e., $825.97) plus either $516.15 or $258.08, depending on the number of hours worked on the public holiday (i.e., more than half a day or less than half a day is worked).
Clerks Award
Employees are entitled to double time and a half (250 percent) of the minimum hourly rate for hours worked, with a minimum payment of 4 hours’ pay.
Employee requests for leave during the period (22 April – 24 April)
As the Easter and Anzac Day public holidays occur within close proximity in 2025, it is likely that a significant number of employees may seek to take leave during the intervening 3 days (i.e. 22 – 24 April 2025) to enable extended break from the workplace.
Members should note that the normal rules apply to such requests. This means that an employer is entitled to decide whether to approve annual leave requests for these dates or to refuse on reasonable grounds (e.g. maintain minimum number of staff at work for operational reasons); and in relation to personal leave (e.g. sick leave), an employer can require an employee to provide reasonable evidence in support of their absence (e.g. medical certificate issued by a medical practitioner or a statutory declaration). As always, it is recommended that employers confirm their expectations with respect to leave ahead of time.
Members seeking further information are encouraged to contact the TACC head office on (03) 6278 1611 or the VACC Workplace Relations team on 03 9829 1123.