Working Australians in the Sydney metropolitan area will have a public holiday on Friday 7 September 2007, with a Bill, introduced today by the Hon Joe Hockey MP, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, meaning that all employees covered by the federal workplace relations system will enjoy a public holiday if they work in the specified metropolitan area.
The public holiday will help to ensure the smooth running of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation meeting – one of the most important annual meetings of world leaders.
Visit www.workplace.gov.au to check to see whether your place of work is within the specified geographical area.
Report by The Mole
