Do domestic workers get public holidays off?
Like most employees, domestic workers who qualify are entitled to take public holidays off work and be paid public holiday pay. Or they can agree in writing to work on the holiday, and the employer must pay the domestic worker wages at his or her regular rate for the hours worked on the public holiday, and give the employee a substitute day off with public holiday pay. However, if the employer and employee agree in writing, the employee is entitled to public holiday pay for the day plus premium pay of at least 1 times his or her regular rate for each hour worked on the public holiday. Domestic workers qualify for public holiday entitlements unless they: • fail to work all of their last regularly scheduled shift before or first regularly scheduled shift after the public holiday without reasonable cause*. or • fail without reasonable cause to work their entire shift on the public holiday if they agreed to work that day. * Employees are generally considered to have reasonable cause for mi
