Time off request company calendar set up

Use the Add New Holiday feature to add custom company holidays, specific to your company, to your calendar. When adding custom holidays, pay attention to the jurisdictions they apply to. The holiday will display on employee calendars for all the selected jurisdictions and will be used in calculating the duration of time off requests.

1. Go to the Calendar tab. From the People menu, select Calendar.

2. Click Add New Holiday.

3. Enter the new Holiday name in English and French.

4. Select the date for the Holiday.

5. Select the jurisdictions where the holiday is observed.

6. Click Save.

The Holiday is added to the calendar and appears in the Events list below the calendar on the holiday date.

1. Go to the Calendar tab. From the People menu, select Calendar.

2. Select the date with the holiday to edit. All events for the selected date display below the calendar in the Events section.

3. In the Events list, click the gear icon beside the holiday to edit.

4. Change the holiday name, date, or the jurisdictions the holiday applies to.

5. Click Save.

The Holiday is updated in the calendar and appears in the Events list below the calendar on the holiday date.

Note: Custom holidays cannot be deleted if they have been used in the duration calculation of a time off request (pending or approved). Before deleting a custom holiday, you must cancel any pending or approved time off requests that overlap with the holiday. After the holiday is deleted, employees can rebook the time off again if they wish. See Cancel an approved time off request and Approve or deny time off requests for more information.

1. Go to the Calendar tab. From the People menu, select Calendar.

2. Select the date with the holiday to edit. All events for the selected date display below the calendar in the Events section.

3. In the Events list, click the trash can icon beside the holiday to delete.

   A warning message displays.

4. Click Delete.

The custom holiday is removed from the calendar.

Statutory Days may fall on a weekend or other day that is already taken off by your company. In this event, you may wish to observe the statutory holiday on a different date.

Note: The observed date is used in the calculation of the duration for time off requests. It is important to have the correct dates before employee’s request time off to ensure accurate entitlement calculations.

1. Go to the Calendar tab. From the People menu, select Calendar.

2. Select the date with the statutory holiday to edit. All events for the selected date display below the calendar in the Events section.

3. Click the gear icon beside the statutory holiday to edit.

   The checkbox is selected for the Jurisdictions to which the statutory holiday applies. Some jurisdictions use alternate names for the holiday. Powerpay displays the alternate holiday name in brackets for each jurisdiction.

4. Click the Observed checkbox.

5. Select the date the holiday is observed.

   Note:

   The Observed Date of a statutory holiday must be within 5 days of the Holiday Date.

   Statutory holidays cannot be removed. If your company does not recognize a holiday at all, the observed date can be moved to a non-working day (E.g. Sunday) as to not interfere with time off requests.

6. Click Save.

The statutory holiday displays in the calendar on the new observed date.

Holiday (English)	Holiday (French)	AB	BC	MB	NB	NL	NS	NT	NU	ON	PE	QC	SK	YT
New Year's Day	Jour de l'An
Family Day	Jour de la Famille
Good Friday	Vendredi saint											*
Easter (QC)	Pâques (QC)											*
Easter Monday	Lundi de Pâques											*
Victoria Day	Fête de la Reine
National Indigenous Peoples Day	Journée nationale des peuples autochtones
St. Jean Baptiste Day**	Saint-Jean-Baptiste**
Canada Day	Fête du Canada
Nunavut Day	Fête du Nunavut
Civic Holiday	Premier lundi d'août
Discovery Day	Jour de la Découverte
Labour Day	Fête du travail
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation	Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation
Thanksgiving	Action de grâce
Remembrance Day	Jour du Souvenir
Christmas Day	Noël
Boxing Day	Lendemain de Noël

* In Quebec, employers have the option to offer either Good Friday or Easter Monday to their employees.

** aka National Holiday (Fête Nationale)