Bank Holidays
The Bank Holidays feature allows you to set a date as a non-working day for all employees, by country. They do not affect employee holiday balances. You can add Bank Holidays as far forward into the future as you need.
To check UK Bank Holidays, see https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays
If Bank Holidays come out of the employees holiday entitlement, use the Data Generator to create a bulk absence record.
If Bank Holidays only come out of certain employees holiday entitlement but not others, use the Data Generator in conjunction with Work Patterns.
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Go to System Tools > Lookup Tables > Absence > Bank Holiday.
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Select Create New to add a new Bank Holiday, one day at a time.
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Specify the following:
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Country: Only affects employees who have this as their Country in their Contract tab
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Date: The date of the Bank Holiday
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Half Day Start: The Bank Holiday only affects the morning (AM)
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Half Day End: The Bank Holiday only affects the afternoon (PM)
Once set, Bank Holidays can be seen on the employees My Details > Personal > Actions > Event Calendar or on the Group Absence Calendar (Absence > View Group). They do not appear on the Absence tab as they are not requested absences.