Replacement days
If a public holiday falls on a Sunday, you get another day off in its place. When it lands is up to your employer, and it often determines your strongest bridge day.
The date is fixed at sector level, company level, or individually with your employer. If nothing has been fixed, you fall back to the first workday after the holiday.
A Sunday public holiday must always be replaced by your employer.
A Saturday holiday gets a replacement day if Saturday isn't a workday for you.
The replacement day falls on a regular workday.
Three rules that determine when you get a replacement day.
Official FPS Employment sourceA Sunday public holiday must always be replaced by your employer.
A Saturday holiday gets a replacement day if Saturday isn't a workday for you.
The replacement day falls on a regular workday.
Common questions
When a statutory public holiday falls on a Sunday, or on a day that is not a workday for you, you get another day off in its place.
Not automatically. With a standard five-day week, Saturday is usually a non-working day, so you get a replacement day. If you work a different schedule, check your own non-working days.
Because the replacement day lands elsewhere in the calendar. That changes which leave combination produces the longest consecutive stretch.