A nationally recognized day when most businesses and other institutions are closed.
residents regularly throng the beaches on public holidays
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I hope the government will move swiftly to ensure that Easter Sunday is listed as a public holiday to ensure it is on a par with other holidays.
It will be a public holiday and I'm not going to work, so I have to come up with something to do.
Traffic on the normally congested highway was lighter than normal because Wednesday was a public holiday.
You have to work on public holidays and birthdays.
New Year's Day is not a public holiday this time round, it falls on a Saturday.
Paid public holidays and meal breaks are not at risk of being lost under the new industrial regime.
The play area is open at weekends and public holidays.
Each of the nine public holidays costs employers about €600 million in extra wage costs.
Australia Day is celebrated with a public holiday and celebrations in every State.
The new entitlements imposed by the bill include a minimum rate of time and a half for those working on public holidays, in addition to an alternative day's leave.