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How to Setup Holiday Pay

Payroll

Holiday Pay automatically applies premium pay when team members work on recognized holidays. All holidays are enabled by default, but you can individually turn them on or off based on your business needs. Follow these steps to configure your holiday pay settings.

Step 1: Open the More tab

From the home screen, tap More in the bottom navigation bar to access account-level settings.

Step 2: Go to Account Settings

On the More screen, select Account Settings so you can review payroll configuration for the entire account.

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Step 3: Enter Premium Pay

Inside Account Settings, tap Premium Pay to open the list of premium rules and edits you can make.

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Step 4: Open Holiday Pay settings

In Premium Pay, tap Edit on the Holiday Premium card to view and configure holiday pay settings.

Premium Pay

SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL
Mon
6:00 PM 11:00 PM
$3.00/hr
Tue
6:00 PM 11:00 PM
OFF
Wed
6:00 PM 11:00 PM
OFF
Thu
6:00 PM 11:00 PM
OFF
HOLIDAY PAY
  • New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026
    OFF
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan 19, 2026
    OFF
  • Presidents' Day Feb 16, 2026
    OFF
  • Memorial Day May 25, 2026
    OFF
  • Juneteenth National Independence Day Jun 19, 2026
    OFF
  • Independence Day Jul 3, 2026
    OFF
  • Labor Day Sep 7, 2026
    OFF

Step 5: Review the default premium amount

On the Holiday Premium screen, tap Default Premium to see the unit and amount that ShiftFlow applies when a team member works an observed holiday. Adjust the rate as needed before leaving the dialog.

This preview shows the Holiday Premium screen with the Default Premium row highlighted.

Holiday Premium

Official Holiday Pay
  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Presidents' Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth National Independence Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Columbus Day
  • Veterans Day
  • Christmas Day

This dialog preview focuses on the Default Premium settings for the uplift amount.

Default Premium

Premium
$ 10.0 /hr

Step 6: Select your country’s holiday calendar

On the Holiday Premium screen, tap Country to choose which holiday calendar determines which days are recognized as official holidays. Currently, Canada and United States are supported, with more countries coming soon. Select the country that matches your business location.

This view highlights the Holiday Premium screen where you open the country selector.

Holiday Premium

Official Holiday Pay
  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Presidents' Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth National Independence Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Columbus Day
  • Veterans Day
  • Christmas Day

This dialog preview shows the country selection list with United States chosen.

Select Country

Step 7: Enable or disable individual holidays

Each holiday in the list has a toggle switch that you can use to enable or disable it. All holidays are turned on by default. If you don’t observe certain holidays in your business, simply tap the toggle to turn them off. Only enabled holidays will trigger premium pay.

This view shows the full Holiday Premium screen with all holidays enabled by default.

Holiday Premium

Official Holiday Pay
  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Presidents' Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth National Independence Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Columbus Day
  • Veterans Day
  • Christmas Day

You can turn individual holidays on or off at any time, and the default premium rate applies to all enabled holidays. For example, if your business doesn’t observe Columbus Day or Presidents’ Day, you can disable those specific holidays while keeping the others active.

This example shows Columbus Day and Presidents’ Day turned off while other holidays remain enabled.

Holiday Premium

Official Holiday Pay
  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Presidents' Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth National Independence Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Columbus Day
  • Veterans Day
  • Christmas Day

Tips

  • All holidays are enabled by default when you first set up Holiday Pay.
  • After making changes, the settings save automatically when you exit the screen.