Introduction
Once you have setup the public holiday calendar for your company you can then enable the holiday rates compliance rule to apply a premium rate to time worked on holidays. The premium rate is applied as a percentage of the employees' base rate.
Prerequisite
Administrator access
Navigation
Main Menu > Compliance > Holiday Rates
Enable Holiday Rates Rule
Set the penalty rate applied for time worked on public holidays. In the below example, time worked on a public holiday will be paid at 2.5 times the worker's base rate.
Setup Holiday Calendar
Assign the appropriate Holiday Calendar and dates for your location.
Access by navigating to Main Menu > Public Holiday
Click 'Add Public Holidays' link
Select a Region, State or Territory to return calendar options.
Choose from the results showing in the dropdown
Select the location or locations the holiday calendar applies to.
Save changes when done.
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