Create custom holidays

Create custom holidays

1. Navigate to Settings in the drop-down menu under your name, in the top-right corner.

2. Select App Settings.

3. From the Custom Holidays tab, click on Add Holiday.

4. Enter the relevant details for your new holiday:

  1. Name: Enter the holiday’s name.
  2. Start Date: Enter the date of the holiday.
  3. Does this holiday happen every year?: Select this if you want the holiday to recur yearly.
  4. Organizational holiday reassignment policy applies?: Select this if you want the holiday to assign itself to a Friday or Monday should it fall on a weekend or another holiday. For information on how to set your organization’s holiday reassignment policy, check out our article on how to account for holidays that fall on weekends.)
  5. Applies to employees: Select the country or region in which the holiday will apply to employees.
Important: This feature works based on the employee’s Region of Employment rather than their address. Each person’s Region of Employment is set on their Employee Profile > Work tab.


5. Click Save when you’re done.