1.             The provision of public holidays and the arrangements for the annual closure of the University is provided for under the ANU Enterprise Agreement.

Public holidays

2.             Any day gazetted or proclaimed as a public holiday, at the location the staff member is working, will be taken on full pay, except that a casual staff member who is not required to work on such a day will not be entitled to payment for that day.

3.             In order to minimise disruption to teaching and other University business, the University may substitute the Family and Community Day public holiday as a day off in lieu for specified teaching and teaching/student support areas, where such holiday falls in a teaching period. Such substituted day would be taken in conjunction with the Christmas closure. Reasonable notice of this substitution will be provided to students and staff.

4.             No penalty rates will apply to staff working on gazetted or proclaimed public holiday substituted in accordance with clause 3 above as long as the staff member is granted a day off in lieu.

University closure

5.             The closure of the University during the Christmas-New Year period will be determined by the Vice-Chancellor. A Dean or Director may vary these arrangements for an organisational unit in order to meet essential operational or research requirements. Where an organisational unit does close, the staff of that unit will be granted additional paid leave for those days which are not public holidays, and which they would otherwise have worked. Where an organisational unit is closed and a staff member is directed to work, time in lieu will be granted for time worked.