An HR Manager or Account Owner can configure company holidays in People by Wagepoint.
To start, click Manage time-off then Company Holidays. Click Add Holidays from the top right corner.
Next, you can explore common holidays by country in People by Wagepoint. To do so, click the common holidays link and select your country from the drop down. Choose which holidays you'd like to add to People by Wagepoint and which time-off policies you'd like to apply them to.* Finally, click Save Holiday.
*When you apply a holiday to a time-off policy the holiday won't be taken out of an employee's balance if they request that day off. For example, if an employee takes December 24 and 25 off, December 25 (Christmas Day) won't be included in their total days off.
You can also add a custom holiday by choosing Add a Custom One. Enter the holiday information and the time-off policies it applies to. To save, click Save Custom Holiday."
Note that both custom holidays and common holidays can be edited to span multiple days. To do so, simply click the name of the holiday on your company holidays list and change the dates. Keep in mind that changing the holiday may alter historic time-off balances.
A note for companies with locations in several countries:
You can add as many holidays as needed to People by Wagepoint. Keep in mind that holidays directly affect time-off policies in People by Wagepoint, not employees or locations. So, it's best to also create time-off policies that are specific to each country even if you have the same policy across the board. For example, if you have locations in the US and Canada, your employees would have different national holidays throughout the year. If you added both countries' holidays to one policy then employees in each country would have the benefit of each country's holidays applying to their requests. You'd want to set one policy for Canadian employees and apply Canadian holidays only, and one for the US with only US holidays.
Tip: you can edit the names of the holidays once they are added to your system. Many companies like to go back and add the country abbreviation to the holiday for easy identification on the company calendar.
If you have questions or don't see your country's holidays listed, please reach out to us using the chat feature in the bottom right corner of your screen.