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This year’s footy finals fever once again culminates in a statewide public holiday the day before the AFL Grand Final.
When and where?
The Friday before the Grand Final public holiday falls on September 29, and is a statewide public holiday for Victoria.
Entitlements for absent staff
As usual, full-time and part-time employees who take the public holiday off “should be paid their base rate of pay for the hours they otherwise would have worked” Business Victoria confirms. “Employees are only entitled to payment if the public holiday falls on a day that they normally work.”
Casual employees only get entitlements if they work on the public holiday.
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