How to set up holidays in Sesame?

To set up holidays in Sesame you need to follow this path: Configuration >> Calendars >> Holidays >> Create

Sesame gives you three alternatives to set up holidays in your company: maximum time, vacation days per year worked and unlimited time.

1. Choose a calendar name.
2. Define whether holidays are to be used in days, half-days or hours. If your configuration is in hours, you will be able to activate the setting "Allow for holiday requests by hours of free choice".
3. Set the maximum amount of time employees can take. You must specify whether it’s calendar or working days.
4. Set the expiration date of the holidays that correspond to that year.
5. Choose a calendar name.
6. Restrict certain dates or periods when employees are not allowed to request holidays.
7. Decide whether to allow holiday requests for half days.
8. If the holiday configuration is per hour, you can allow the request of holidays per hour of free choice.
9. Decide when next year's holiday calendar will be made available so that your employees can start requesting holidays.

Set your employees’ vacation days according to how long they have been working in your company.

To set up this configuration, employees must have a contract start date added in Sesame. Non-configured years take the previous year’s vacation. 

To allow your employees to use the holidays they accrue during the year in the 18 months following to the date you set up, you can configure:

• Expiration date: Set a deadline for holidays to be used. 
• Limit requests to the maximum allowed. 
• Block holidays requests.
• Usage period: Configure how many months employees can request their holidays from the end of each contract year (Mexico - Federal Labor Law).
• Seniority policy: In this step, you will set up how the days in this calendar are generated and assigned: 
  • Contract year: Days are generated and assigned at the end of each contract year.
  • Fiscal year: Days are generated at the end of each contract year but are assigned on 1st of January of the following year.

Important: The annual holiday total may not contain decimals.
Remember: Activate the option of requesting a half vacation day so your employees can request it when they need it.

Using this setting, employees will be able to request unlimited holiday time.

• Set up holidays by hours or days

• Set an expiration date

• Block holiday requests for the whole year or for a period of time of your choice

• Choose a date to enable next year’s calendar.