Holiday Calendars (Public Holidays)
Site-based public holidays that are non-working days for everyone
Written By Matti Parviainen
Last updated 7 months ago
Overview
In Operating, you can assign holiday calendars to entire Sites, ensuring that country- and state-specific public holidays are automatically reflected in everyone’s schedules. This helps you manage time off accurately across different locations.
When to Use
Use holiday calendars when:
You want to apply official public holidays across an entire site.
Your teams operate in different regions with different holiday schedules.
You want to add or remove team-wide non-working days (e.g. company offsites).
How to Set Up Holiday Calendars

1. Navigate to Holiday Calendars
Go to: Settings → Organization → Holiday Calendars
2. Add a Holiday Calendar
Select the appropriate country and state/region.
The calendar will auto-populate with recognized public holidays for that location.
3. Assign the Calendar to a Site
Go to: Settings → Organization → Sites
Add the holiday calendar that you created to the site.
4. Customize If Needed
You can:
Remove any holiday that doesn’t apply to your team.
Add new days off like internal offsites or company-wide closures.
Everyone at the Site will have these days automatically added to their schedule.
Public holidays vs. time off
Keep in mind that a public holiday is not the same as individual time off. Everyone in the Operating team is part of a single time off project, which is used to manage and allocate individual time off (e.g., vacation or personal days). Public holidays are tracked separately and apply to everyone by default.