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Count a public holiday against an employee's allowance

How to set whether a public holiday counts or doesn't count against an employee's time off allowance in Sage HR.

Written by Oliver Cook

When you add or edit a public holiday, you can control whether the public holiday will:

  • Count against the employee's time off allowance

  • Not count against the employee's time off allowance

  • Reduce allowance by half a day


Set a public holiday not to count against the employee's time off allowance

When you add or edit a public holiday, under Allowance count setting, select Do not count against employee allowance.

This is the default setting. If an employee selects a public holiday as part of their time off request, the system will ignore that day. It won't deduct the day from the allowance.


Set a public holiday to count against the employee's time off allowance

When you add or edit a public holiday, under Allowance count setting, select Count against employee allowance.

If an employee selects a public holiday as part of their time off request, the system will deduct the day from the employee's allowance.


Set a public holiday to count as half a day against the employee's time off allowance

When you add or edit a public holiday, under Allowance count setting, select Reduce allowance by 0.5.

If an employee selects a public holiday as part of their time off request, the system will deduct half a day from the employee's allowance.

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