The Department of Labour has advised the Government against "Mondayising" Anzac and Waitangi Day holidays when they fall on the weekend, citing economic costs of up to $400 million.
Prime Minister John Key said he'd now received advice from the Department of Labour on the issue after Labour MP David Clark's Members Bill, which would give workers a holiday the following Monday when Anzac or Waitangi Day fell on the weekend, was drawn from a parliamentary ballot last week.
The advice pointed out that the next time either day fell on a weekend was in 2015 and it was not until 2021 that both Anzac and Waitangi Day fell on a weekend in the same year.
The department had told Mr Key the cost to the economy for an individual day if Mondayised was $200 million or $400 million in a year when both were Mondayised.
