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Configuring locations and statutory holidays

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Available for the following plans: Employment Lite, Employment Plus, Employment Unlimited
Available for the following HR payroll plans: Standard, Premium, Platinum
Available for the following User Access levels: Admin    

You can add locations to the Employment Hero platform from anywhere in the world. When you include a location from a supported region, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, or Singapore, the platform automatically populates employees' profiles with relevant country-specific features. Additionally, setting up locations links employees to a statutory holiday calendar specific to their location, enabling them to submit time off requests based on the statutory holidays that apply to them.

Getting started

Add a new location
  1. Click the Settings menu.
  2. Click the Time & Attendance and Statutory Holidays submenu.
  3. Click the Add New Calendar button.
  4. Complete the following fields:
    • Type
    • Name.
    • Locations
    • Standard Statutory Holiday Calendar
  5. Click the Submit button.
Add a standard statutory holidays calendar
  1. Click the Settings menu.
  2. Click the Time & Attendance and Statutory Holidays submenu.
  3. Click the Add New Calendar button.
  4. Click the Standard Statutory Holiday Calendar tick box.
  5. Complete the following fields.
    • Name.
    • Locations.
    • Standard statutory holiday calendar.
  6. Click the Submit button.
Add custom statutory holidays calendar
  1. Click the   Settings menu.
  2. Click the Time & Attendance and Statutory Holidays submenu.
  3. Click the Statutory Holidays tab.
  4. Click the Add New Calendar button.
  5. Click the Custom Holiday Calendar tick box.
  6. Complete the following fields:
    • Name.
    • Locations.
    • Year.
    • Base Template (Optional)
    • Statutory Holidays
  7. Click the Add New button to enter your custom statutory holiday.
  8. Click the Submit button.

Editing data

Edit a location
  1. Click the Settings menu.
  2. Click the Time & Attendance and Statutory Holidays submenu.
  3. Click the Edit button under the Actions tab.
  4. Click the Locations tick box.
  5. Make the required changes and click the Submit button.
Edit the standard statutory holidays calendar
  1. Click the  Settings menu.
  2. Click the Time & Attendance and Statutory Holidays submenu.
  3. Click the Actions button.
  4. Click the Edit button.

  5. Edit the following fields:

    • Name.
    • Locations.

    Helpful Hint

    You can use the Calendar Year drop-down to see what statutory holiday dates Employment Hero has provided for a different year. You cannot edit the Year field; it is merely there to show you the statutory holidays for a given year. 

  6. Click the Save button.
Edit custom statutory holidays calendar
  1. Click the  Settings menu.
  2. Click the Time & Attendance and Statutory Holidays submenu.
  3. Click the Actions button.
  4. Click the Edit button.

  5. Make the required changes and click the Save button

    Warning

    When editing a statutory holiday calendar, the platform will prevent you from removing any holiday date that has a time off request attached to it. You can see this when the platform highlights a statutory holiday date in grey.

Removing data

Disable a location

Important

Disabling a location feature is only available when a location is in use by an active employee.

  1. Click the  Settings menu.
  2. Click the Time & Attendance and Statutory Holidays submenu.
  3. Click the Location button.
  4. Click the Disabling button.
Delete a location

Important

The deletion of a location feature is only available when a location is not in use by an active employee.

  1. Click the  Settings menu.
  2. Click the Time & Attendance and Statutory Holidays submenu.
  3. Click the Locations tab.
  4. Click the Action button.
  5. Click the Delete button. 
  6. Click Confirm on the confirmation popup.
Deleting a statutory holiday calendar

Warning

When deleting a statutory holiday calendar, we will prevent you from removing this entry if any holiday date within the calendar has a time off request attached to it. You can see this info as the platform will grey out a statutory holiday date that is in use.

  1. Click the  Settings menu.
  2. Click the Time & Attendance and Statutory Holidays submenu.
  3. Click the Actions button.
  4. Click the Delete button.
  5. Click the Confirm button.