Public holidays for your state, priced into the roster

Pick your state and the public holidays are worked out for you, including the ones that move with Easter. The roster prices them at your holiday rate.

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What it does

Every state and territory, with its own list
Easter dates calculated rather than typed in
Your own dates added for anything local, like a show day
Holidays applied to the roster cost automatically
The calendar visible in settings, year by year

Why it works this way

The decisions behind it, and what they are better than.

Holidays are not nationalLabour Day is four different dates depending on where you are, and a Queensland business using a Victorian calendar pays the wrong rate. The list follows the state you trade in.

Where a date is genuinely uncertain, we say soA few holidays are proclaimed each year rather than following a rule. Those are left for you to add rather than guessed at, because a wrong date presented confidently is worse than a gap.

It reaches the cost, not just the calendarKnowing the day is a holiday is only useful if the roster prices it. It does.

What you get out of it

No December scrambleThe dates are already there when you build the week.

Holiday shifts cost what they costYou see the number before you commit to opening.

Local days are handledAdd your regional show day once and it behaves like any other holiday.

How it works

1Pick your stateOne setting, in Business settings.

2Check the listThe year is laid out in settings. Add anything local.

3Roster as normalHoliday shifts carry your holiday rate for the people it applies to.

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What it does not do

Said plainly here, so nobody finds out after they have set it up.

Days proclaimed each year, regional show days and part-day holidays are not worked out, so add any that apply
Victoria’s Friday before the AFL Grand Final has no date until the AFL releases its 2027 fixture, so add it when it is set
It dates the holidays. What a holiday shift costs depends on the multiplier you enter

Go further

Public holidays by stateThe 2027 dates, with their sources.Public holiday calendarAny state and year, with roster notes.Weekend and public holiday hoursHours sorted by the kind of day they fall on.

Where public holidays by state comes up

The industry and trade pages that lean on it.

Questions about public holidays by state

How does Roster Flow handle public holidays?

You pick your state or territory and its public holidays appear in the calendar, with the Easter dates calculated. Holiday shifts are then costed at the public holiday multiplier you set, for the people it applies to.

Can I add a local holiday like a show day?

Yes. Add your own dates for anything local and they behave like any other holiday. Days proclaimed each year, regional show days and part day holidays are not worked out for you, so add any that apply.

Are the 2027 public holiday dates confirmed for every state?

Every state and territory list was read from the government that publishes it, and each public holiday page names its source and the day it was read. One day is still open: Victoria sets the Friday before the AFL Grand Final once the AFL releases its fixture.

Does Roster Flow work out public holiday pay?

No. It dates the holidays, and what a holiday shift costs on the roster depends on the multiplier you enter. What anybody is paid for a public holiday is worked out in payroll.