Configuring Holidays

To configure holidays:

  1. Specify whether to configure holidays by facility or by site.

    To specify holidays by facility, click Facility Holidays on the General tab of the Facilities form.

    To specify holidays by site, click Site Holidays on the Calendar Setup tab of the Site Parameters form.

    Note:  You can also configure new holidays or view existing holidays by double-clicking the report date in the Facility and Site calendars. Site holidays are specified in the Site calendar, while facility holidays are specified in the Facility calendar.
  2. On the Holidays form, select a row from the grid at left, then specify these information:
    Date
    Specify the date on which a holiday occurs.
    Facility
    If you are creating a Facility holiday, specify the facility that observes this holiday. If you are creating a site holiday, this field is disabled.
    Description
    Specify a brief description of the holiday.
    Process Vacation Hours
    Select the check box to allow employees to take vacation hours on a holiday.
    Report Date Adjustment
    Specify Previous, Next, or None. If a holiday falls on a non-working day for an employee, the Report Date Adjustment value specifies whether the holiday is adjusted to the prior working day, the subsequent working day, or not adjusted. For example, a shift week that starts on Tuesday may have Monday and Tuesday defined as non-working days. When Report Date Adjustment is set to None or the employee type has this parameter deselected, programs that automatically generate holiday absence hours does not generate it for employees on this shift.