Public Holiday impact on a leave request

This article explains how the “Deduct Public Holidays from Booking” setting affects an employee’s leave balance based on the Calendar and Working Pattern configurations.

Overview

The deduction of public holidays from leave requests depends on how Public Holidays, Calendar, and Working Patterns are configured in the system.

Let’s consider 1st January as a public holiday for the examples below.

1. 1. Working Pattern:
      
      

       
      
      • The Yomly platform currently does not provide an option to uncheck “Deduct public holiday from bookings.” while on Working Pattern
      • Only one option is available.
      • Public holiday days will not be deducted from the leave balance.

       

      LB days (Before)	Leave Request	Total Days Deducted	LB Days (After)
      30	1st & 2nd Jan	1	29

      
      

      ✅ Only 1 day is deducted from the balance (if 2nd Jan is not a week off).
      
      

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   2. Calendar Pattern:

      There are two configuration options for “Deduct Public Holiday from Booking.”
      
      
      
      

      1. Checked – Deduct Public Holiday from Bookings

      • Public holiday days will not be deducted from the leave balance.
      • Works the same way as the Working Pattern configuration.
      
      

      LB days (Before)	Leave Request	Total Days Deducted	LB Days (After)
      30	1st & 2nd Jan	1	29

      
      
      

      ✅ Only 1 day is deducted from the balance (if 2nd Jan is not a week off).

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      2. Unchecked – Deduct Public Holiday from Booking
      

      Public holiday days will be deducted from the leave balance.

      
      

      LB days (Before)	Leave Request	Total Days Deducted	LB Days (After)
      30	1st & 2nd Jan	2	28

      
      

      ❌ 2 days are deducted from the balance (if 2nd Jan is not a week off).

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      Summary

      
      

      This setting determines how public holidays affect leave balances when a leave request includes those dates.
      Adjusting it under the Calendar pattern ensures the correct leave deduction behavior for your organization’s policy.