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Is an employer required to provide a paid public holiday on Polling Day?

As an employer, you should give your employees a paid public holiday on Polling Day, just like any other public holiday.

If your employees need to work on a public holiday:

  • They’re entitled to an extra day’s salary for the day’s work.
    OR
  • They should be given another day off.

You can also grant time-off-in-lieu for the following group of employees:

  • Workmen earning more than $4,500 a month
  • Non-workmen earning more than $2,600 a month
  • All managers and executives

The time-off-in-lieu should be based on a mutually agreed number of hours for working on a public holiday.