Your employer:

• has to consider your request seriously unless they have a policy that prevents transferring public holidays
• can say no.

Working on a transferred public holiday

If you work on the day you've transferred the holiday to, you'll:

• be paid time and a half, and
• get a paid day off later — that is, a day in lieu (alternative holiday).

Working on a public holiday if you've transferred it to another day

The public holiday becomes a normal working day.

You'll get paid your usual rate and won't get to take a paid day off later.

Transferring a public holiday by agreement