Set up a Country with or without automatic Public Holidays

If you are an admin, complete these steps to set up a country in the system. After setting up the country, you can assign employees' to it in their records.

Navigate to System Tools:

  1. Go to the navigation menu and select System Tools.

  2. Within System Tools, select Lookup Tables.

  3. Choose Contract > Country.

    The Country option shown in Lookup Tables > Contract.

    The Country screen displays. The countries you add display in a list on this screen.

    Activate or deactivate a Country

    • You can also activate or deactivate a country on this screen by selecting the tick icon.

    • Use the bin icon to remove the country from the list.

    The tick and delete icons shown on the Country screen.

     

    Create a Country:

  4. Choose Create New to add a country.

    Another Country screen displays.

    Enter Country details (mandatory):

  5. In Lookup, enter the country's name you want to add, for example, England.

    Add Directory Lock (optional):

  6. Select Directory Lock to restrict employee access to information about others in Directories if they are not in the same country.

    This does not apply to admins/ users with Set Rights permissions assigned that grant them Directory access.

    Set Maximum Holiday Carryover (Optional):

  7. In Max.Hol. B/F Days and Max.Hol. B/F Hours, enter the maximum number of holiday days or hours employees can carry over to the next holiday year.

    Payroll Integration (Optional):

  8. If you have the Staffology Payroll integration or any other payroll linked to your HR system, make sure the countries you have set up in each system match by choosing an option from the Payroll Country drop-down.

    Automatic Public Holidays (Optional):

  9. Choose a country from the Use Automatic Public Holidays drop-down (optional) .

    Selecting a country from this drop-down means that when you assign this country in an employee's My Details > Contract, the system automatically assigns this country's public holidays as well.

    Countries' public holidays also update automatically as part of the year-end process.

    Learn how to add bank (public) holidays manually.

    Save Your Changes:

  10. After configuring the country's settings, select Save.

    You have successfully created a country and are ready to assign in employees' My Details > Contract.