An employee who is engaged in the operation of a well drilling rig receives:
- public holiday pay of five per cent of their wages in the 28 days (four weeks) before a public holiday if the employee does not work on the public holiday; or
- if the employee works on the holiday, the employee receives public holiday pay and the employee's regular wages for the time worked.
Employees are also entitled to any overtime earned in the week of the public holiday and on the public holiday if they work on the holiday.