No, this is not a uniform national entitlement. In 2026 Anzac Day (25 April) falls on a Saturday, and whether an extra substitute public holiday is observed on the following Monday (27 April) depends entirely on which state or territory the employee is in, not on any single national rule. There is no federal law that automatically shifts Anzac Day to the next Monday everywhere - each state/territory's own public holidays legislation decides this, and they do not all agree.

For 2026 specifically:

**Jurisdictions WITH a Monday 27 April substitute public holiday:**
- New South Wales - NSW is observing Anzac Day on Saturday 25 April plus an additional public holiday on Monday 27 April. This is new for NSW: it has historically not provided a substitute day when Anzac Day fell on a weekend, but the NSW Government has introduced a (currently two-year) trial covering 2026 and 2027.
- Western Australia - observes Anzac Day on Saturday 25 April and an additional public holiday on Monday 27 April, consistent with WA's existing approach of substituting when Anzac Day falls on a weekend.
- Australian Capital Territory - observes public holidays on both Saturday 25 April and Monday 27 April.

**Jurisdictions WITHOUT a Monday substitute (Anzac Day is observed only on Saturday 25 April):**
- Victoria
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Northern Territory

These five jurisdictions do not provide a substitute weekday when Anzac Day itself falls on a Saturday (unlike their usual treatment of holidays such as Christmas Day or New Year's Day), so for employees there, 25 April is the only public holiday in respect of Anzac Day, and Monday 27 April is an ordinary working day.

**What an employee's answer turns on:** the controlling factor is the state or territory in which the employee is based (i.e., whose public holidays legislation/gazettal applies to their employment), not the Anzac Day date itself or any uniform Commonwealth rule. An employee in NSW, the ACT, or WA gets Monday 27 April 2026 as a paid public holiday in addition to Saturday 25 April; an employee in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, or the Northern Territory does not get that extra Monday and only has the Saturday as the public holiday. A payroll officer running a national payroll therefore needs to apply different holiday calendars/award treatment by work state for the 25-27 April 2026 period, and should confirm the gazetted holiday list for each relevant state/territory rather than assuming one answer applies company-wide.