# Public holidays and leave

> Configure the public holidays applicable in your company and the general leave management settings for your Shyfter account.

Source: https://help.shyfter.com/en/settings/public-holidays-and-leave  
Category: Settings  
Updated: 2026-06-30

## Public holidays

Shyfter automatically integrates the Belgian legal public holidays. You can adjust this list to suit your needs: add sector holidays, bridge days, or exceptional closures specific to your establishment.

Go to **Settings ⚙️ → HR → Public holidays**.

The public holidays configured here are used in several places:

- In the schedule, public holidays are highlighted to draw your attention when building the schedule.
- In the HR rules, you can create specific rules that apply only on public holidays (e.g. public holiday supplement).
- In the absence counters, public holidays are counted correctly according to your settings.

## General leave settings

Still in **Settings ⚙️ → HR → Settings**, you configure:

- **Days allowed for leave requests**: limit the days of the week on which your employees can request leave (e.g. forbid leave at the weekend).
- **Leave day calculation**: in working days, business days, or calendar days according to your collective agreement.
- **Leave approval**: automatic or manual (with a validation hierarchy if you use multi-level approval management).

> The rules applicable to public holidays (supplement, compensatory rest) are configured in **Settings ⚙️ → HR → HR rules**. The public holiday configuration here determines which days are recognised as holidays by these rules.