DOUBLE PUBLIC HOLIDAYS COMING
IN DECEMBER
When the Boks won the Rugby World Cup the nation jumped for joy…at the prospect of holding the President to his promise of a new public holiday. The announcement has been made that the extra public holiday this year will fall on the 15th of December. This falls a day before the existing public holiday on the 16th. This means workers will be treated to a double public holiday weekend this December. The 15th falls on a Friday and lines up with the end of the work year for many in the construction industry. Workers who work on a public holiday are entitled to double pay or can ask to swap the day for another work day.
