If you need to add company-specific bank holidays or additional shared days off, you can create a custom bank holiday layer and assign it to users. This allows you to apply consistent non-working dates across your organisation.
📌 Note: You need HR Admin permissions to create and manage custom bank holiday layers.
Create a new work layer
Click HR Admin, then click View or create your own custom work layers.
Click Insert to add a new record.
Scroll to the bottom to find the new record.
Update the following fields:
Type: Select BankHolidayCollection.
Description: Enter a name for the bank holiday layer.
Leave other fields as default.
Click Save.
📌 Note: Use a clear description, such as a location or company name, to identify the layer.
Add bank holiday dates
Click HR Admin, then click Setup.
Click Custom Bank holidays.
Select the new layer, then click Submit.
Add a record for each bank holiday date.
Click Save.
📌 Note: If your business year doesn’t match the calendar year, add dates across each relevant year so the system recognises the layer correctly.
Assign the bank holiday layer to users
Click HR Admin, then click Users.
Click Change user work layers.
Assign the new bank holiday layer to the required users.
Click Save.
Fix missing BankHolidayCollection option
If you can’t select BankHolidayCollection in the Type field:
Contact your account manager to enable this option.
This requires additional configuration before you can use it.