Calculate pay for hours worked on a public holiday at the statutory or contractual multiplier.
The premium rate is the base rate multiplied by the uplift, and total pay adds it to ordinary hours. Showing the premium as a share of total pay makes clear how much of the wage bill is discretionary. Holiday consistently above about 15% of the wage bill is usually cheaper to solve with another hire than to keep paying at a premium.
Holiday Pay
Holiday pay = base rate × multiplier × holiday hours
Holiday pay = base rate × multiplier × holiday hours The premium rate is the base rate multiplied by the uplift, and total pay adds it to ordinary hours. Showing the premium as a share of total pay makes clear how much of the wage bill is discretionary.
Holiday consistently above about 15% of the wage bill is usually cheaper to solve with another hire than to keep paying at a premium.
This calculator takes 4 inputs: Base hourly rate, Hours worked on the holiday, Pay multiplier, Normal hours in the period. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.