This year Christmas Day and New Year’s Day fall on a Sunday. This means that for employees who do not normally work on weekends the holiday is transferred to the following Monday or Tuesday so that your employee still gets a paid day off.

For employees who normally work on that day the holiday remains on the traditional day and your employee is entitled to that day off on pay. If they do work they are entitled to be paid time and a half for the hours worked and to receive a whole day’s alternate holiday.
An employee cannot be entitled to more than four public holidays over the Christmas/New Year period (Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and 2 January). To determine what would be a normal working day consideration must be given to the employment agreement, work patterns, any roster system in place and the reasonable expectation of both parties.