Public Holiday Administration
The Public Holiday administration is used to define and manage public holidays, including their date, working status, and availability across the organization.
Defines whether the public holiday applies to the entire organization or to selected organizational units.
Use Cases
Public Holiday for Different Organizational Calendars
Use CaseDate and Availability allow different Public Holiday calendars to be maintained within the same organization.
Common holiday across the organization
Useful when the same Public Holiday applies to all organizational units.
Details
- Name: New Year's Day
- Date: 1 January
- Working: No
- Availability: Entire organization
Country- or region-specific holiday
Useful when an organization operates across locations with different holiday calendars and a Public Holiday applies only to selected parts of the organization.
Details
- Name: National or Regional Holiday
- Date: Applicable holiday date
- Working: No
- Availability: Selected organizational units
Community-specific holiday
Useful when an additional Public Holiday applies only to a specific part of the organization, for example due to local or religious holiday rules.
Details
- Name: Religious or Local Holiday
- Date: Applicable holiday date
- Working: No
- Availability: Selected organizational units
Public Holiday for Time Off Periods
Use CaseThe Public Holiday Working classification can be used by Time Off Type Recurrence to determine whether the holiday is included in a time off period.
Annual leave spanning a non-working Public Holiday
Useful when an employee requests Annual Leave for a period that includes a non-working Public Holiday and the holiday should not consume a day of Annual Leave.
For example, an employee requests Annual Leave from 30 December to 3 January. If 1 January is configured as a Not-working Public Holiday, the leave applies to the other applicable days, while 1 January is excluded from the Annual Leave.
Details
Public Holiday:
- Date: 1 January
- Working: No
Time Off Type – Annual Leave:
- Recurrence → Not-working Holidays: Excluded
Public Holiday for Working and Not-working Days
Use CaseWorking defines whether a configured Public Holiday is classified as a Working or Not-working Holiday. This classification can then be used by other configurations with holiday-specific rules.
Standard non-working holiday
Useful when a Public Holiday should be recognized as a day on which work is normally not expected.
Details
- Name: New Year's Day
- Date: 1 January
- Working: No
Holiday with continued operations
Useful when a date should remain recognized as a Public Holiday, but operations such as production, healthcare, logistics, or other continuous services continue on that day.
Details
- Name: Public Holiday
- Date: Applicable holiday date
- Working: Yes
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