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How to manage bank holidays with Skello?
How to manage bank holidays with Skello?

This article explains how to plan public holidays that are worked or not worked and how they are taken into account in the report.

Updated over 2 months ago

Topics covered in this article:

  • Managing holidays on the schedule

  • Tracking holidays in the report

  • Tracking holidays in the bank holiday tracker

Consult this article, to find out how to set up the bank holiday tracker.
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Manage bank holidays on the schedule

Identified holidays

National public holidays are already identified as such on the schedule, with the icon 🎉 under the day's date.
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These days are defined by default according to national public holidays, but it is possible to add more using the bank holiday tracker, if this feature is enabled.
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Manage worked holidays

If an employee works on a public holiday, his/her working hours are entered as a normal shift on the schedule. The hours scheduled on this day are reported in a specific column on the exported report, so that they can be increased during payroll preparation.
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Managing non-worked holidays

Several situations may justify an employee not working on a holiday.

  1. Weekly rest:

    • Schedule a Weekly Rest absence shift on the schedule.

    • If the holiday is guaranteed in the holiday counter, the hours of the rest shift will be transferred to the employee's bank holiday tracker. They may be paid or recovered, depending on the tracker settings for that day.
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  2. Holiday in the establishment:

    • Schedule a holiday absence shift on the schedule, counted in the week's total hours as actual work, but counted as an absence in the report.
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  3. Other absences:

    • If the employee is absent for another reason (paid time off, sick leave, maternity or paternity leave), scheduling depends on the establishment's rules:

    • Day off: Schedule an absence shift Holiday.

    • Working day: Ignore the holiday and schedule an absence shift corresponding to the employee's absence.
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Track holidays in the report

Once shifts have been entered on the schedule, holiday data is processed specifically for the exported report.
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The columns for public holidays appear in the Excel export of the report, but not in the report tab consulted from the online area.
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Working on holidays

When an employee works on a public holiday, his or her working hours appear in a specific column of Premium Hours, under the heading Holiday Hours, to be added to the payroll.

  • Specific columns are provided for May 1st and Whit Monday (solidarity day).

  • If the bank holiday tracker is activated, the hours are divided into columns entitled Holiday hours to be recovered or Holiday hours to be paid.
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Absences on public holidays

Absence hours are listed in a specific column in the Absences category of the report, so that they are not deducted from payroll.
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Track holidays in the employee's bank holiday tracker

If the holiday counter is enabled in the establishment, employees' working hours and absences during public holidays can be tracked from their respective master records: Employee > History / Counters > Holiday counter.
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To view the bank holiday tracker from the employee's file, you must :

  • Be on a main establishment whose bank holiday tracker is activated.

  • The employee must be on a standard contract, with an hourly volume. Employees on “Fixed price day”, “Extra”, “Temporary” or “Availability” contracts do not have a bank holiday tracker.
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Hours worked or not worked

Hours worked or not worked on a holiday are entered in the employee's tracker.

  • Recovery of hours:

    • When the holiday is worked, and compensation set as “A récup”.

    • When the holiday is not worked but guaranteed, and compensation set as “To recover”.

To recover earned hours, use a Holiday recovery absence on the schedule.

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