Why midnight matters
- A calendar day ends at midnight. If the holiday starts at 00:00, the hours after that point initially belong to the holiday period.
- Hours after the holiday ends at midnight belong to the next calendar day, subject to your applicable rules.
Example: shift leads into a holiday
- Shift: 22:00–06:00
- Holiday begins at 00:00
- Holiday portion: 00:00–06:00
- A 30-minute unpaid break can reduce eligible holiday time to 5.5 hours, depending on how the break is allocated.
Example: shift starts on a holiday
- If work begins at 22:00 on the holiday and ends at 06:00, the first two hours fall on the holiday. Hours after midnight belong to the next date.
Sunday, holiday and breaks
- When Sunday and a holiday overlap, your rules may use the higher rate, a combined rate or both rates.
- An unpaid break removes base pay and enabled allowances; a paid break remains included.