Maintaining Holiday Information

A holiday is a day on which work is suspended, either by law or custom. Because of regional differences in law and custom, the system allows your agency to specify which dates of the year will be designated as holidays.

When you click the Holidays link in the Reference Data component, the system takes you to the Holiday Overview component where you can add, change, and delete information contained in reference holiday rows. Type criteria in the Quick Find search box to locate the holiday row you want to maintain, or click Show first 10.

The system displays a list of all the holidays in the system that meet your search criteria. Each row contains a Delete button and current values for the following fields:

To maintain a holiday, click anywhere in that holiday's row. The system highlights the row in blue and displays all the current information for the holiday. You can add or change information in any field.

To add a new reference holiday to the system, select Add from the Actions menu on the component header. The system adds a new row at the bottom of the list of holiday rows. All fields in the new row are blank. To create a new reference holiday, you must enter information in the Holiday Date, Holiday Type, and Description fields. It is not required, but you can also enter information in the Obsolete Date field.

To delete a reference holiday, select Delete from the Actions menu on the holiday's row. To reverse the deletion, click the Undo button.

Note: You cannot delete a reference holiday that is currently associated with an active payroll.

When you have finished maintaining holidays, click the Save button to apply your changes. The system displays a message to confirm that your changes were saved in the database.