What will be the arrangement if Public Holiday is fall on Sunday? Will Monday a substitute Public Holiday?

What will be the arrangement if Public Holiday is fall on Sunday? Will Monday a substitute Public Holiday?

When Public Holiday is fall on Sunday, Monday will be the substitute holiday if Sunday is the employees’ rest day. According to Employment Act, if the holiday falls on a rest day, the next working day will be a paid holiday.

For those who work on normal shift 5 days week, working from Monday to Friday, then most of the time, Saturday is non-working day and Sunday is rest day. Then Monday will become the substitute holiday.

However, for those on irregular shift, for example, those who need to work from Wednesday to Sunday, then the company shall determine your rest day of the week, eg rest day is on Tuesday. For this instance, the employee will have their Public Holiday on Sunday and they are still required to work on Monday.

However, according to Employment Act, the employer and employee may mutually agree to substitute a public holiday for any other day. Hence, the employer can determine any of the day to be the holiday or add additional day of leave entitlement to employee.