My clinic will be opening for only a morning session on the upcoming public holiday (on Monday). On this day of the week (Mondays) I normally work the whole day—both morning and afternoon sessions. I have been asked to work the morning session on this public holiday. How do I get paid for working this session on a public holiday?
The NTCER outlines your minimum employment terms and conditions
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Clause 6.10 of the NTCER provides that:
A registrar who normally works ordinary hours on the day of the week on which a public holiday falls is entitled to that public holiday as paid leave (i.e. that day is part of the registrar’s ordinary hours of work for that week).
If a registrar works on a public holiday in a practice that is open for normal consultations:
- the registrar will receive their normal pay as defined for AGPT registrars in Schedule A – Remuneration (AGPT) and equivalent time off in lieu, which will be paid at their base hourly rate of pay;
OR
- 150% of their normal pay as defined for AGPT registrars in Schedule A – Remuneration (AGPT), and no time off in lieu.
In this case, the hours worked should be paid at 150% of your hourly base rate. Alternatively, you should be paid at your usual hourly base rate for the hours worked, and provided equivalent time off in lieu, paid at your base hourly rate of pay.
The hours in the afternoon session which you would normally have worked if it wasn’t a public holiday should be treated as paid leave and should be paid at your base rate of pay.
