Public Holiday's replacing RDO's

L2broke2care on 05/04/2022 - 11:27

Hi, I work full time for a reasonably large company that offers 4 RDO's per month (+we have every sunday off as the business is closed).

Some months there are 5 weeks so we have to work an odd 6 day week - thats fine.

We arent open on public holidays but the company counts these as RDO's instead, for example in April because of the 4 public holidays (good friday, easter sat/monday and anzac day, those are the only days we'll have off beside the normal sunday so essentially working 2 weeks of 6 day working weeks.

Is it legal for a company to replace your normal RDO for public holidays and work the extra days etc?

I cant find any info on this online.

Thanks

Education & Work

Comments

  • GG57 on 05/04/2022 - 11:32

    Were these the conditions that applied when you started work there?

    • 2broke2care on 05/04/2022 - 11:41

      Its a pretty grey area, it doesnt mention directly that this is the structure..

      • GG57 on 05/04/2022 - 11:54
        +2

        If anyone on here can actually help you, they would need to know what the employment conditions say and what they don't say.

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 05/04/2022 - 11:35
    +2

    Read this

    https://www.fairwork.gov.au/employment-conditions/public-hol…

    Then pull out your employment contract and call FWO (not to be confused with FWC)

    https://www.fairwork.gov.au/about-us/contact-us/call-us

    • 2broke2care on 05/04/2022 - 11:44

      Thanks i did read that section before posting but it doesnt have any clarity on this situation. Do you think this situation sounds strange enough to warrant that phone call?

      • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 05/04/2022 - 11:48
        +5

        You're not going to find your answer here on this forum. Up to you if you want to know and understand your basic rights and entitlements (and why wouldn't you?)

        • 2broke2care on 05/04/2022 - 12:02
          +2

          great thanks for your help, ill give them a call

  • AndyC1 on 05/04/2022 - 12:06

    If you take a good job where public holidays are paid and you do not have to work then you could work an extra two weeks a year without getting paid for it as last time I checked (years ago in NSW there were 11 public holiday days a year). So you are getting paid a max of 4% less than other people for the same yearly pay compared to people who get all of the public days off.

    I personally think that this is yet another way employers are screwing employees.

  • donbot on 05/04/2022 - 12:44

    RDOs are 'yours' so to speak.. its in respect of hours you've worked, but forgone pay for a day off.

    Eg. work a 40hr week, paid 38hrs and have an RDO every 4 weeks (4weeks x 2hr deduction = 8hr off, no loss of pay as you've already 'earnt' it)

    How do you manage 48 RDOs a year?

    • Seraphin7 on 05/04/2022 - 13:35
      +4

      I suspect that OP is confusing a true RDO (in the way you have correctly defined it) with days they just don't work (i.e. they are not "rostered on").

  • [Deactivated] on 05/04/2022 - 12:48

    The real question here is how do you have one RDO a week?

    Unless you mean that you work Mon-Sat and Sunday is an "RDO" ? Or are you saying you work Mon-Thur ?

    • 2broke2care on 05/04/2022 - 13:18

      we're closed sunday + 4 RDO's per month

      • [Deactivated] on 05/04/2022 - 13:33
        +2

        That doesn't really answer the question. I assume you mean that the weekly RDO is Saturday or another day, so you're in effect working 5 days a week?

  • netjock on 05/04/2022 - 13:22
    +1

    Is it really RDO?

    Sounds like a roster.

    It sounds like you are working 5 days a week between Monday to Saturdays with an odd extra day a month (assume paid).

    Closed on public holidays therefore your 5 days is the five days that is not public holiday Monday - Saturdays.

  • Drakesy on 05/04/2022 - 13:36

    Or work for the government where you're given 3 additional public service holidays a year.

    So effectively 4 weeks + 3 days of extra leave. a year

    Although a 6 day week sounds rough, would definitely look into what it says in your contract.

    • CodeXD on 05/04/2022 - 15:23

      What are public service holidays?

      • Drakesy on 05/04/2022 - 15:50

        In wa you get 3 days of extra holidays for not receiving a public holiday on the sundays/Saturdays
        Such as if Christmas falls on a sat/Sun

  • redforever on 05/04/2022 - 13:39

    It appears you don't have a weekly fixed day off and they have simply rostered your day off tto the public holidays.

    Are you on a eba and being paid above minimum wage?

  • 2broke2care on 05/04/2022 - 15:23
    -1

    Thanks for all the answers, i'll just call fair work with my correct award and work it out from there. No need to continue the thread. Cheers

    • bobbified on 05/04/2022 - 15:43
      +4

      Before this thread is closed…. can I please have back the 3 minutes back that I spent trying to decipher what you've written? lol

    • Euphemistic on 05/04/2022 - 21:01
      +2

      Please come back and update us with your findings. It means he next person might find an answer without having to start a new thread.

  • mskeggs on 05/04/2022 - 17:02
    +10

    It is annoying when the question gets shut down without a resolution, as the next person who has a similar problem won’t see the benefit of the answer.

    Much better to post an update after you speak to FairWork, so people can see the resolution.

    It isn’t OK to ask the community for help, but then once some is given feel the transaction is over.

    • jackary on 05/04/2022 - 17:56
      +1

      👏👏 Couldn’t agree more.

    • lgacb08 on 12/04/2022 - 13:10

      Yeah, I think we should ban these users (and associated MAC and ip) for life.

  • Vote for Pedro on 18/04/2022 - 21:34

    To help id need more info such as the award or enterprise agreement.

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