Payroll
Employees, the Holiday tab
Under Payroll - Employees, you manage the company's employee list.On the Holiday tab, you configure settings for employees' holidays. In the topic Payroll settings, you can read more about how to choose holiday settings for the company.
If the employment type Simplified is selected then the Holiday tab is not shown.
Different fields are shown depending on the holiday term chosen for the employee. Read the topic Change holiday terms on how to change an employee's holiday terms.

Term 00 - No holiday term is selected for employees who should not be included in the holiday calculations, on the holiday pay liability list and who are not entitled to paid holiday. This could for example be people who receive board remunerations once or a few times per year. It could also apply to project employees who either get paid with a lump sum for a completed task, or who get paid by the hour with an hourly amount in which the holiday compensation is included. It also applies to remunerated persons. No additional settings are required for this term.

Holiday term 10 - Annual Leave Act, employed with holiday pay per day is selected for employees who mainly receive their holiday pay based on how much they have earned during the qualifying year. The term manages both holiday and holiday pay.
In some fields you can fill in or edit values. Other fields show accumulated values and can therefore not be edited.

The current holiday period is retrieved from the settings you have chosen under Payroll settings and the Holiday tab. Read more in the topic Payroll settings.

The program automatically suggests 25 days, but this can be edited if the employee is entitled to more holiday. According to the Annual Leave Act, 25 days is the lowest possible holiday entitlement.
Holiday leave

Paid holiday is automatically calculated when closing the holiday year. The number of days can always be edited. If you have selected that the qualifying year for the holiday is the same as the holiday year, you must calculate and keep track of paid days for newly hired employees yourself.
Used days are updated when you register holiday in a pay run.
The remaining days show the difference between paid and used days of holiday.

Unpaid holiday is automatically calculated when closing the holiday year. The number of days can always be edited. If you have selected that the qualifying year for the holiday is the same as the holiday year, you must calculate and keep track of unpaid days for newly hired employees yourself. Newly hired employees have the right to 25 days of holiday without qualifying for them. An employee who starts after August 31st only has the right to 5 days of holiday.

Only employees with a fixed monthly salary and the employee type Complete can take advance holiday in Payroll.
Enter the number of days that the employee is entitled to in the field Total.
When the employee has taken advance holiday, the number of days is shown in the field Used. The Remaining field shows the difference between the total number of advance days and used days.
Use the Holiday shortcut when the employee is taking advance holiday. If the employee does not use all their advance days, the days will be removed at the holiday year-end closing and the number will change to 0 in the Total field.
Read more in the topic Advance holiday.

In the Used field, the total number of saved days that have been taken out is shown.
In the Remaining field, the total number of saved days is shown.

Here you'll see the total number of remaining holiday days for the employee: paid, saved, unpaid, and advance days.

Here you will see the average employment rate calculated based on the work schedule for the current holiday year. Select Own settings and enter the percentage if you want to specify the employment rate that should be used for calculation. Read more in the topic Average employment rate.
Holiday pay

The holiday pay per day is automatically calculated when you do the holiday year-end closing for this agreement. The field is only shown for employees with holiday term 10 and can be edited. The value is retrieved when you use pay code 3220 - Holiday pay per day paid for employees with a fixed monthly salary or 3221 - Holiday pay per day paid, hourly employees for employees with hourly wages.

The holiday pay is usually calculated according to the company's settings for holiday terms under Settings - Payroll settings and the Holiday tab.
If you want to specify a personal percentage for the employee, you select Own settings and enter the percentage.
Advance holiday pay liability
When employees on a fixed monthly salary take advance holiday, the liability is calculated as follows:
4.6% * monthly salary * number of used days

The remaining debt shows how much the employee owes the company for the advance holiday paid.
You only need to enter this information manually when you start using Payroll.

Here you select the holiday period. You can add a holiday period by clicking Add new. If you want to delete holiday periods you just click on the minus sign to the far right.
You cannot delete holiday periods which contain used holiday.

Here you can enter the holiday pay per day for the saved days each year. The field is only shown for employees with holiday term 10.

The employment rate is used when calculating holiday per day for saved days. It is not enough to only enter the employment rate for the holiday period in which the days were saved. In order for the calculation to be correct, the employment rate for the saved days' qualifying year must also be entered.
Basis for holiday calculated up until
Here you see the values and number of days calculated as of today's date, which have been registered on the payslips during the qualifying year. The values cannot be changed.

This holiday term is used for both administrative and non-administrative workers with a fixed monthly salary. It calculates the holiday pay per day and holiday allowance as a percentage of the current monthly salary and also calculates the holiday pay liability for any variable holiday allowance. At the holiday year-end closing, the calculated variable holiday allowance is added in the employee list and paid as a lump sum, often in connection with the main holiday.
There is also a term called holiday term 21, which is a copy of holiday term 20. Having two identical holiday terms to work from is useful in several cases.
Here are some examples:
- If the company has the same type of holiday calculation but different holiday periods for, for example, administrative workers and non-administrative workers, you can choose holiday terms 20 for the non-administrative workers and holiday terms 21 for the administrative workers.
- You can also use these holiday terms if the administrative workers have variable holiday compensation calculated with a percentage per day, while the non-administrative workers ' variable holiday compensation is calculated with a percentage on the total amount of variable holiday pay paid out.
In some fields you can fill in or edit values. Other fields show accumulated values and can therefore not be edited.

The current holiday period is retrieved from the settings you have chosen under Payroll settings and the Holiday tab. Read more in the topic Payroll settings.

The program automatically suggests 25 days, but this can be edited if the employee is entitled to more holiday. According to the Annual Leave Act, 25 days is the lowest possible holiday entitlement.
Holiday leave

Paid holiday is automatically calculated when closing the holiday year. The number of days can be edited, but not to a number which exceeds the holiday entitlement. In such cases, the holiday entitlement must be increased. If you have selected that the qualifying year for the holiday is the same as the holiday year, you must calculate and keep track of paid days for newly hired employees yourself.
Paid holiday is automatically calculated when closing the holiday year. The number of days can always be edited. If you have selected that the qualifying year for the holiday is the same as the holiday year, you must calculate and keep track of paid days for newly hired employees yourself.
Used days are updated when you register holiday in a pay run.
The remaining days show the difference between paid and used days of holiday.

Unpaid holiday is automatically calculated when closing the holiday year. The number of days can always be edited. If you have selected that the qualifying year for the holiday is the same as the holiday year, you must calculate and keep track of unpaid days for newly hired employees yourself. Newly hired employees have the right to 25 days of holiday without qualifying for them. An employee who starts after August 31st only has the right to 5 days of holiday.

Only employees with a fixed monthly salary and the employee type Complete can take advance holiday in Payroll.
Enter the number of days that the employee is entitled to in the field Total.
When the employee has taken advance holiday, the number of days is shown in the field Used. The Remaining field shows the difference between the total number of advance days and used days.
Use the Holiday shortcut when the employee is taking advance holiday. If the employee does not use all their advance days, the days will be removed at the holiday year-end closing and the number will change to 0 in the Total field.
Read more in the topic Advance holiday.

In the Used field, the total number of saved days that have been taken out is shown.
In the Remaining field, the total number of saved days is shown.

Here you'll see the total number of remaining holiday days for the employee: paid, saved, unpaid, and advance days.

Here you will see the average employment rate calculated based on the work schedule for the current holiday year. Select Own settings and enter the percentage if you want to specify the employment rate that should be used for calculation.
Holiday pay

The variable holiday pay is automatically calculated during the holiday year-end closing. It is important to pay the variable holiday pay each year, since it will otherwise disappear and be replaced by a new calculated variable holiday pay at the holiday year-end closing. Examples of holiday accruing variable pay are bonuses and commission for administrative workers and overtime compensation for non-administrative workers.
The total variable holiday pay is shown here even when you have paid a part of it.

In the field you will see how much variable holiday pay that is left to pay. The amount is automatically retrieved when using pay code 3231 - Holiday variable parts. You can choose to pay parts of the amount.
Advance holiday pay liability
When employees on a fixed monthly salary take advance holiday, the liability is calculated as follows:
4.6% * monthly salary * number of used days

The remaining debt shows how much the employee owes the company for the advance holiday paid.

Here you can see when the advance holiday pay liability is deducted from a final pay or automatically written-off after the employee has been employed for five years.
Additionally, you can perform one or more manual write-offs if you wish to write-off all or part of the advance holiday pay liability earlier than after five years. Click on the plus sign on the row Advance holiday pay liability. This action will add a new row where you can enter a manual write-off.
Holiday values for saved days
You only need to enter this information manually when you start using Payroll.

Here you select the holiday period. You can add a holiday period by clicking Add new. If you want to delete holiday periods you just click on the minus sign to the far right.
You cannot delete holiday periods which contain used holiday.

Check this box if the employee has already been paid holiday allowance for the holiday. This box is only shown for employees with holiday term 20 and 21.
If the box is selected, the days will be valued at 4.6 percent. If the box is not selected, each saved day will be valued at the holiday allowance percentage + 4.6 percent of the employee's monthly salary.

The employment rate is used when calculating holiday per day for saved days. It is not enough to only enter the employment rate for the holiday period in which the days were saved. In order for the calculation to be correct, the employment rate for the saved days' qualifying year must also be entered.
Basis for holiday calculated up until
Here you see the values and number of days calculated as of today's date, which have been registered on the payslips during the qualifying year. The values cannot be changed.

This holiday term is used for both administrative and non-administrative workers with a fixed monthly salary. It calculates the holiday pay per day and holiday allowance as a percentage of the current monthly salary and also calculates the holiday pay liability for any variable holiday allowance. At the holiday year-end closing, the calculated variable holiday allowance is added in the employee list and paid as a lump sum, often in connection with the main holiday.
Holiday term 21 is a copy of holiday term 20 - Monthly salary with holiday allowance + variable parts. Having two identical holiday terms to work from is useful in several cases. Here are some examples:
- If the company has the same type of holiday calculation but different holiday periods for, for example, administrative workers and non-administrative workers, you can choose holiday terms 20 for the non-administrative workers and holiday terms 21 for the administrative workers.
- You can also use these holiday terms if the administrative workers have variable holiday compensation calculated with a percentage per day, while the non-administrative workers ' variable holiday compensation is calculated with a percentage on the total amount of variable holiday pay paid out.
In some fields you can fill in or edit values. Other fields show accumulated values and can therefore not be edited.

The current holiday period is retrieved from the settings you have chosen under Payroll settings and the Holiday tab. Read more in the topic Payroll settings.

The program automatically suggests 25 days, but this can be edited if the employee is entitled to more holiday. According to the Annual Leave Act, 25 days is the lowest possible holiday entitlement.
Holiday leave

Paid holiday is automatically calculated when closing the holiday year. The number of days can be edited, but not to a number which exceeds the holiday entitlement. In such cases, the holiday entitlement must be increased. If you have selected that the qualifying year for the holiday is the same as the holiday year, you must calculate and keep track of paid days for newly hired employees yourself.
Paid holiday is automatically calculated when closing the holiday year. The number of days can always be edited. If you have selected that the qualifying year for the holiday is the same as the holiday year, you must calculate and keep track of paid days for newly hired employees yourself.
Used days are updated when you register holiday in a pay run.
The remaining days show the difference between paid and used days of holiday.

Unpaid holiday is automatically calculated when closing the holiday year. The number of days can always be edited. If you have selected that the qualifying year for the holiday is the same as the holiday year, you must calculate and keep track of unpaid days for newly hired employees yourself. Newly hired employees have the right to 25 days of holiday without qualifying for them. An employee who starts after August 31st only has the right to 5 days of holiday.

Only employees with a fixed monthly salary and the employee type Complete can take advance holiday in Payroll.
Enter the number of days that the employee is entitled to in the field Total.
When the employee has taken advance holiday, the number of days is shown in the field Used. The Remaining field shows the difference between the total number of advance days and used days.
Use the Holiday shortcut when the employee is taking advance holiday. If the employee does not use all their advance days, the days will be removed at the holiday year-end closing and the number will change to 0 in the Total field.
Read more in the topic Advance holiday.

In the Used field, the total number of saved days that have been taken out is shown.
In the Remaining field, the total number of saved days is shown.

Here you'll see the total number of remaining holiday days for the employee: paid, saved, unpaid, and advance days.

Here you will see the average employment rate calculated based on the work schedule for the current holiday year. Select Own settings and enter the percentage if you want to specify the employment rate that should be used for calculation.
Holiday pay

The variable holiday pay is automatically calculated during the holiday year-end closing. It is important to pay the variable holiday pay each year, since it will otherwise disappear and be replaced by a new calculated variable holiday pay at the holiday year-end closing. Examples of holiday accruing variable pay are bonuses and commission for administrative workers and overtime compensation for non-administrative workers.
The total variable holiday pay is shown here even when you have paid a part of it.

In the field you will see how much variable holiday pay that is left to pay. The amount is automatically retrieved when using pay code 3231 - Holiday variable parts. You can choose to pay parts of the amount.
Advance holiday pay liability
When employees on a fixed monthly salary take advance holiday, the liability is calculated as follows:
4.6% * monthly salary * number of used days

The remaining debt shows how much the employee owes the company for the advance holiday paid.

Here you can see when the advance holiday pay liability is deducted from a final pay or automatically written-off after the employee has been employed for five years.
Additionally, you can perform one or more manual write-offs if you wish to write-off all or part of the advance holiday pay liability earlier than after five years. Click on the plus sign on the row Advance holiday pay liability. This action will add a new row where you can enter a manual write-off.
Holiday values for saved days
You only need to enter this information manually when you start using Payroll.

Here you select the holiday period. You can add a holiday period by clicking Add new. If you want to delete holiday periods you just click on the minus sign to the far right.
You cannot delete holiday periods which contain used holiday.

Check this box if the employee has already been paid holiday allowance for the holiday. This box is only shown for employees with holiday term 20 and 21.
If the box is selected, the days will be valued at 4.6 percent. If the box is not selected, each saved day will be valued at the holiday allowance percentage + 4.6 percent of the employee's monthly salary.

The employment rate is used when calculating holiday per day for saved days. It is not enough to only enter the employment rate for the holiday period in which the days were saved. In order for the calculation to be correct, the employment rate for the saved days' qualifying year must also be entered.
Basis for holiday calculated up until
Here you see the values and number of days calculated as of today's date, which have been registered on the payslips during the qualifying year. The values cannot be changed.

Term 30 - Seasonal/Extra employment with holiday compensation is used for employees who receive their holiday compensation each time they get their salary, or as an annual lump sum, for example at the end of the season. In both cases, the term applies to employees who do not have paid holiday, but instead receive holiday in money.
Here you see the holiday values that are the basis of the holiday compensation. You can also see how big the holiday pay liability is and from what point in time it is calculated.

Select Holiday compensation is automatically paid at the next pay run i pay your employees.
If the box is checked for a salaried employee for the current pay period, the holiday compensation is calculated on salaries and compensations up until the deviation period. This is due to it not being possible to foresee what might happen during the current month or the period that the monthly salary relates to. The holiday pay liability will therefore not show 0 on the holiday pay liability list.

The holiday compensation is usually calculated according the company's holiday term settings under Settings - Payroll settings, the Holiday tab.
If you want to specify a personal percentage for the employee, you select Own settings and enter the percentage.


To make it easier when adding employees to the employee list, you can copy an employee's details. A new employee is then created and all you need to do is to add any information that is specific to the employee you are adding.

You can delete an employee's details as long as no payslip has been created for the employee.
If you have employees that you cannot delete, but for which you no longer need to store personal data, you can delete the data.Read more in the topic What information should I delete when an employee quits?

Via the Go to the calendar button, you can easily view the employee's calendar.
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