No, Easter Saturday in 2026 is not a public holiday uniformly across the country for all employees. Its status changes between jurisdictions. 

The answer is not uniform nationally because the *Fair Work Act 2009* (Cth) does not explicitly list Easter Saturday as a nationwide public holiday under the National Employment Standards (NES). Instead, the NES provides that a public holiday includes any day declared or prescribed by the individual laws of a State or Territory to be observed generally within that jurisdiction.

Consequently, whether Easter Saturday is a public holiday for an individual employee turns on two factors:

1. **The State or Territory in which the employee works:** 
   * Easter Saturday **is** a statutory public holiday in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and Victoria.
   * Easter Saturday **is not** a statutory public holiday in Tasmania or Western Australia.

2. **The specific industrial instrument or employment contract applying to the employee:** 
   Even in jurisdictions where Easter Saturday is not a declared public holiday under state law (such as Western Australia and Tasmania), an employee's answer may turn on the terms of their specific modern award, enterprise agreement, or employment contract. These instruments may expressly designate Easter Saturday as a holiday for the purposes of that agreement, or provide specific entitlements and penalty rates for work performed on that day regardless of the underlying state legislation.