How to Set Public Holidays & Special Days in Odoo17 Time Off

ADHICHAND
October 30, 2024
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Managing time off efficiently is essential for organizations of all sizes, and the Odoo17 Time Off module brings solutions for handling public holidays, mandatory days, and employee time tracking. Odoo17 Time Off’s features makes to configure, schedule, and track time off, and employee absence with payroll requirements and compliance standards. In this guide, we’ll explore how to set up public holidays and mandatory days in Odoo17, as well as the benefits of using these features to optimize your HR and payroll processes for your UAE business.

Benefits of Leave Management System

A good leave management system helps in the management of employees’ absence by enhancing communication, quicken the process of leaving and archiving data in a particular format.

Schedule leaves, shift, KPIs and absence data captured by leave management software, thus enabling the achievement of goals in relation to PTO plans and controlling of labor related activities.

Benefits management Odoo17 Time Off Module lets the employee track vacation entitlements, review the requests, and even modify the schedules. It enables the managers to monitor the dry er water, disbursement of works and includes options of paid up time off, stress days and public holidays.

Configuring Public Holidays in Odoo17

Odoo17 Time-Off can integrated with public day and required day with payroll for correct payment. It also adjusts estimated payroll based on any of these settings.

Takes, keeps and produces valid attendance records and contributes to effective payroll management.

Public Holidays Configuration

While selecting public holidays, the organizations and businesses might employ various kinds based upon the locality. The administration of Public Holidays The configuration of the Odoo17 Time off Module contains Public Holidays menu where users can enter public holidays of a particular country.

When users open the Public Holidays homepage, they greeted with a list view that contains information about the holiday, including its name, associated firm name, start and end date, working hours, kind of job entry and so on.

To add the new line, click on the new and in the input form fill the holiday name, company, the date from and to

The Start Date is related to the working timetable of the company, and the End Date depends on the time setting of the computer, used by the client. If the user has his computer set up to a different time zone, then time of the start will changed thus. The working hours can selected from drop- down list or the holiday is general to all the employees in case of the left option.

Through the Selection of Work, the composite Work Entry Type that is to used and also defined by selecting it from the drop-down menu found in the Payroll program. People working within that specific times should qualify to take the holiday.

Last, input the datas using the Apply button in the calendar view then store the info of the public holiday using the Save button.

There is an Interlink at the end of the editing line that when clicked takes you into a new form view to edit further details of the public holiday. This form enables businesses to control a number of aspects of public holidays including creating a calendar, setting up public holidays configuration, enabling public holidays and creating schedules.

Such include pay stub formatting, establishment of holiday reward features, and modification of time-off options.

This assists in ensuring that expectations are met as far as the employees concerned, following high standards in business. This can set in the DISPLAY IN, PAYSLIP, UNPAID, VALID FOR ADVANTAGES, TIME OFF OPTIONS, & REPORTING in this format.



Estimates of time-off balances can set based on holidays, potentially decreasing from yearly leave or increasing with extra days in The TIME OFF OPTIONS field is where you can carry out this task

When signed into the site logged in under the REPORTING tab the administrator may set certain specific reporting options in relation to the effects of public holidays on attendance records, time off and payroll.

Such a strategic approach ensures that all segments of public holidays are effectively coordinated and, therefore, leading to accurate record keeping and optimised payrolls.

In this particular aspect, Odoo17 offers a general concept of the effects of the public holiday at the consolidation of the payslip, time off management, and employee attendance.

Mandatory Days

Compulsory or forced days in Odoo are all the days when departments or the employees cannot be absent from work. These days can set at a company level or can be departmental.

In the case of required days, employees in the selected department or companies cannot apply for leave. To set a mandatory day, Click on the Time Off app > go to the Mandatory Days under the Configuration menu.


To add a new Mandatory day details, go to the New button in the top-left corner and input the following information

  • Name: Entering mandatory day name here.
  • Company: When making the selection, choose the company, for which mandatory operating day is relevant from the drop down list.
  • Departments: To open the default column select the options button at Colors in the upper right corner and then check the box that says Departments under the optional columns section.
  • Start Date & End Date: Select the date on which the mandatory day starts, or the date on which the mandatory days ends; the end date is the same for all mandatory days.
  • Color: Select one color from the list given below or, click on the No color button. Described color shown on the main Time Off program dashboard, in the calendar and in legend.

Another task for organizational compliance, is updating lists of holidays and mandatory days to align with the national and regional holidays as well as the company’s requirements.

These days should be communicated well so that there are no confusion on the part of several people.

That is why through the powers of Odoo’s reporters attendance and the number of employees during these days can be monitored, and decisions can made based on the results achieved.

Odoo17 is one of the best instruments for tracking public holidays and compulsory days in conjunction with your company’s time tracking and payroll.

It updates records, ensures compliance and effective functioning by presenting regular reports and explanations with superior resource management.

Odoo17’s Time Off module changes to holiday and mandatory day management for an easy, efficient experience and accurate records. By automating holiday tracking, payroll adjustments, and compliance checks, you’re not only saving time but also building a work environment that values clarity and consistency. Whether it’s holiday scheduling, attendance tracking, or payroll optimization, Odoo17 equips your business with the tools to handle it all effortlessly.

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