This screen allows the management of public holidays which are days on which employees across the country do not come to work. Holidays can be global or country specific, they can have a fixed date such as December 25th or a relative date such as the 1st Monday of May.
From this screen you can add, edit or delete Holidays
Creating Holidays
To create a Holiday, navigate to Leave > Configure > Holidays, click on “Add” and fill in the necessary fields using the information below
- Name: The unique name of the current Holiday
- Scope: This specifies whether the holiday applies globally or to a specific country
- Global: Applies to all countries
- National: Applies to only specified country
- Country: The country to which the Holiday applies to
- Date Type: This specifies the way the date for this holiday is determined
- Fixed: Holiday occurs on a particular date
- Relative: Holiday occurs on a certain day of a month i.e. First Monday in February
- Day: Relative day for the holiday which is determined by setting the values below
- Day Position: The position of the day in the selected month, it can be First, Second, Third or Last
- Relative Day: The day of the week on which the holiday occurs
- Relative Month: The month of the year in which the holiday occurs
- Repeats Annually: Specifies whether the holiday occurs every year or only occurs once
- Save Button: Click this button to save changes.
- Cancel Button: Click this button to cancel changes.
Editing Holidays
To edit a Holiday, navigate to Leave > Configure > Holidays. Click on a Holiday and change the information as required (See Creating Holidays). When done, click the “Save” button to save changes or the “Cancel” button to discard changes.
Deleting Holidays
To delete a Holiday, navigate to Leave > Configure > Holidays. Select the checkbox beside the Holiday(s) you want to delete and the click the “Delete” button.