How the setting works

The Public holiday pay type setting controls how Kenjo calculates a public holiday in the Attendance module and whether it deducts from the time off balance.

Setting	Effect on Attendance	Effect on Time Off
Paid	The public holiday reduces the employee's required and scheduled hours for that day. No clock-in needed.	The day is not deducted from the time off balance.
Unpaid	Required and scheduled hours remain unchanged. The employee is expected to work as on any other working day.	If the employee takes the day off, it deducts from the balance of the assigned absence type.

The day remains marked as a public holiday in the Attendance view regardless of this setting.

Note: The default value is Paid. This applies to all existing employees and preserves the previous behaviour in Kenjo.

Set the pay type for an individual employee

Go to Employees and open the employee's profile.
Switch to the Personal tab and scroll to Work.
Find the field Public holiday pay type.
Select Paid or Unpaid.
The change is saved automatically.

Set the pay type for multiple employees at once

Go to Employees > Directory.
Filter the employee list or select the employees you want to update.
Open the Actions menu and select Public holiday pay.
Choose Paid or Unpaid and confirm.

Note: If the selected employees already have different settings, Kenjo shows a warning before saving. Confirming will override the individual configurations of all selected employees.

Permissions

Only Admins and HR Admins can edit the public holiday pay type. Employees can view their current setting in their own profile but cannot change it.

Frequently asked questions

What is the default value for new and existing employees?

All employees are set to Paid by default. This applies to existing employees too and preserves the previous behaviour in Kenjo. There is no retroactive effect on existing data.

Do I need to do anything if my employees receive paid public holidays?

No. If the pay type is set to Paid, no further action is needed. Kenjo automatically reduces the required and scheduled hours and nothing is deducted from the time off balance.

When should I set an employee to "Unpaid"?

Set the pay type to Unpaid when an employee is expected to work on public holidays and any absence on that day should reduce their balance, for example in teams or roles with holiday operations.

What happens to the time off balance when the setting is "Unpaid"?

If an employee with the Unpaid setting takes a public holiday as absence, Kenjo deducts that day from the balance of the assigned absence type, exactly as on any other working day.