PART II PUBLIC HOLIDAYS — Services in the public interest

for the operation of a public utility service; pay to the employee twice the wages properly earned by the employee for that day under the contract of service as if that day were a normal working day; or

for the provision of a service the continuation of which, in the opinion of the minister, is necessary or essential in the public interest; or permit the employee to enjoy 1 full day's holiday within 30 days after the public holiday with pay to which the employee would be entitled if that day were a public holiday for that employee.

for a service traditionally carried on without regard to Sundays or public holidays, including industrial establishments in which operations once begun normally continue without cessation, may require an employee to fulfil the terms of the contract of service during a public holiday.

Where an employee is required to work under this section during a public holiday and has so worked, the employer shall, notwithstanding the terms of a contract of service and at the option of the employee,