Labour Day falls on the first Monday of March in Western Australia and on the second Monday of March in Victoria and Tasmania. New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, the Northern Territory and the ACT do not hold a Labour Day public holiday in March at all, so the long weekend applies only in the three states that observe it on these dates.
Shift rosters in retail, hospitality, healthcare and emergency services regularly schedule staff on Tuesdays as part of rotating patterns that do not follow the standard Monday-to-Friday week. Tuesday 2 March 2027 falls within this rostering system for shift-based industries, separate from the standard working-day count above that assumes a five-day week.
The working-day count on this page excludes both weekend days and any public holiday declared for the state selected, so the same date in 2027 can show a different total depending on which state's calendar applies to 2 March. Interstate businesses need to check more than one state's list before setting a national deadline.