Public holiday pay can become complex once you factor in different states, awards, employment types, and work patterns. This on-demand session walks through how public holidays affect payroll in practice, and how to make sure your system is set up correctly before issues arise.

Tasya explains how public holiday entitlements work under Australian law and Modern Awards, then moves into a practical, hands-on walkthrough inside Pay Cat payroll. The focus is on understanding how public holidays are applied at the payroll level, not just the rules on paper.

You will see how to:

• Check and manage public holiday calendars, including national, state, and regional holidays

• Understand who is entitled to public holiday pay based on employment type and ordinary work patterns

• Set up and review employee locations so the correct state based holidays apply

• Manage common public holiday scenarios, including public holidays not worked, public holidays worked, and public holidays that fall during leave

• Record public holidays correctly for salaried staff, permanent shift workers, and casuals

• Bulk import public holiday not worked timesheets for larger teams

• Review how public holiday payments appear in the pay run and payroll reports

The session is largely demonstration based, with Tasya walking through real scenarios in the payroll system to show how public holiday pay is calculated, recorded, and reported.

This replay is suitable for payroll administrators, finance teams, and business owners who want clearer visibility into how public holiday pay is handled in payroll and confidence that their setup reflects the correct entitlements.