The truth is what is in the agreement regarding leave.
S3.24.1 An employee employed under this Agreement shall be entitled to the following public holidays: • New Years Day • Australia Day • Good Friday • Easter Saturday • Easter Monday • Anzac Day • Queens Birthday • Labour Day • Melbourne Cup Day • Christmas Day • Boxing Day
S3.24.2 Where Christmas Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday 27 December shall be observed as the public holiday in lieu of the prescribed day.
S3.24.3 Where Boxing Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday 28 December shall be observed as the public holiday in lieu of the prescribed day.
S3.24.4 Where New Year's Day or Australia Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as the public holiday in lieu of the prescribed day.
S3.24.5 The parties agree that when ANZAC day falls on a weekend, SPCA shall treat the following Monday as a public holiday for all purposes of the Agreement
S3.24.6 Where an additional public holiday is proclaimed or gazetted by the Australian or Victorian Government such a day shall be deemed a holiday for the purpose of this agreement.
S3.24. 7 An extra day shall be provided and taken on the Monday prior to Melbourne Cup day and will be known as the Food Preserver's Picnic Day. Other than in the NDC where following consultation with employees impacted the Picnic Day can be moved to an alternate date.
S3.24.8 Public Holidays and Monday Start Shift roster A 'Monday start shift roster' shall be defined, for the purposes of this agreement, as a shift roster commencing on Monday night with the majority of the shift being worked on the Tuesday; this pattern continuing until the following Sunday. The normal working week in this case shall operate for five consecutive shifts from the time of commencernent.
(a) Employees who are placed on a Monday Start Shift Roster where a Public Holiday is declared on a Monday and are required to work, shall be entitled to a public Holiday on the Tuesday.
(b) Employees who are placed on a Monday start shift roster and a Public Holiday is declared on a Friday, if there is no requirement to work, the shift will revert to a Sunday start shift roster for this week only . (c) Employees who are placed on a Monday Start Shift Roster shall not be entitled to payment of penalty rates when the majority of their shift falls on a Saturday excepting for shift allowances where applicable.
(d) Employees who are placed on a Monday Start Shift Roster who work the majority of their shift on a Sunday shall be entitled to the penalty rates that apply to Saturday work.
(e) Employees who are placed on a Monday Start Shift Roster who work the majority of their shift on a Monday shall be entitled to the penalty rates that apply to a Sunday. This subclause does not apply to that portion of the shift that carries over onto the Tuesday.
(f) Those employees on the Monday Start Shift Roster shall be entitled to be paid a public holiday on Good Friday.
(g) Those employees on the Monday Start Shift Roster shall be entitled to be paid a public holiday on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Australia Day and Anzac Day.
