To setup the holiday scheme, go to Chart of Setup under Employer / Setup menu and click on the Holiday Scheme link. Our service allows you to record and monitor the amount of holiday leave taken by each of your employees throughout the year. In order to do this, you must enter in a start date for the holiday year. Any holiday taken will be counted and accumulated for the year from this date. There are 4 different types of default holiday schemes provided by our service, you can always edit the scheme by just a single click on edit or add a new scheme button.

Option 1: Accrue Holiday Hourly - holiday entitlement accrues relative to the number of hours the employee works. In this type of Holiday Scheme the employee's holiday accrues according to the actual number of hours the employee has worked. Therefore, when processing the payroll of employees assigned to this scheme you should always enter the actual number of hours they worked i.e., use the Timed Basic Approach for processing the payroll. Our system can automatically generate the common denominator base unit for you. This is the multiplier used to calculate the employee's accrued holiday entitlement according to the number of hours he or she works. In other words it is the amount of holiday the employee accrues for each hour that he or she works.

Option 2: Pay Holiday Each Period - pay & clear the accrued holiday each pay period. In this type of Holiday Scheme the employee's holiday is accrued on a daily basis. The employee's accrued holiday for the pay period is paid and cleared (encashed) in that pay period itself and will not be carried forward to the next pay period.

Option 3: Accrue Holiday Regardless - annual holiday entitlement accrues regardless of the number of days the employee actually works. In this type of Holiday Scheme holiday is accrued by the employee on a daily or monthly basis for each pay period while processing the pay. The employee is entitled to the holiday irrespective of the number of days he/she actually worked.

Option 4: Self Defined Holiday Entitlement - define your own annual holiday entitlements which will be reduced as and when holiday is taken. In this type of Holiday Scheme the holiday entitlement is provided to the employee annually and can be taken at any time. i.e. the total holiday entitlement will be reduced if and when the employee takes holiday.

To edit the holiday scheme setup details click the Edit link, enter the corresponding details and Save to save the detail.

Road Map - Updating a Holiday setup
Employer / Setup -> Chart of Setup -> Holiday setup -> Holiday Scheme link -> Edit button in appropriate scheme -> Update button
( 'Employer / Setup' is the button positioned in the tasking zone menu at the top. It is the first button from the left)