Public holidays aren't added to your Sage HR calendar automatically. You must add these to your calendar before the next calendar year begins, and assign them to your relevant public holiday groups.
EXAMPLE: Add your 2024 public holidays at the end of 2023 before January 2024.
There are two ways to add public holidays. You can either import them using a CSV file, or add them manually.
Import public holidays
Import them using our public holiday import template for your country.
📌TIP: Use the import option if you need to add multiple public holidays.
Add public holidays manually
You can add individual public holidays manually to your calendar.
📎NOTE: Adding public holidays only puts them on the calendar; it does not reduce an employee’s holiday allowance.
If you want public holidays to count as time off, you must record them as time off requests.
Alternatively, reduce the time off policy allowance by the number of public holidays and make sure Count public holidays as work days is not selected. This ensures that if an employee’s time off falls on a public holiday, it won’t be deducted from their allowance again.
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