R&R Product update – Non-standard holidays

We have a new feature:Alternative holidays. This allows you to swap official holidays for alternative holidays at the employee level.

What is it?

Alternative public holidays are alternative holidays that an employee can choose instead of the standard public holidays specified in R&R. For example, an employee can exchange Easter Monday, which he/she does not celebrate, for Keti Koti, a day that is celebrated by the employee. For this employee, any public holiday bonus hours and paid public holiday hours will not accrue on Easter Monday, but on Keti Koti (July 1, 2026).

When do you use this?

Sometimes an employee wants to celebrate a different holiday than the standard holiday. In that case, you exchange the official holiday for an alternative.

Here's how to do it (in brief)

Only R&R users with the 'Application Management' role have the option to enable this functionality. You can do this for the entire license group or for individual stores within your license group. 

1. Enable the feature
Go toControl Panel > HRand enableAdd non-standard holidays to.
You can then enable additional options (optional):

• Allow free date selection
• Allow registration of additional holidays
• Allow holidays to lapse

2. Adjust public holidays per employee
Go to the employee card and swap the official public holidays for alternative public holidays.

Good to know

• Thiscannotbe done via theR&R Job app(only via the employee card).
• Can't see it on the employee card? Then the feature maynotyet beenabledfor your store or area.
• Exchanges are only possible if:
  • the payment for the weekis stillpending
  • the official holiday fallsbefore theemployee'stermination date

Display in schedule and payment

• Thecalendarshows both official and alternative holidays.
• In the payout, alternative holidays—just like official holidays—are listed on the second tab, and R&R makes a proposal for holiday hours.

You can find more information and steps here in the knowledge base: 

Knowledge item: Non-standard public holidays

Knowledge item: Configuring different holidays

Questions?

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Sincerely,

Mark Taling - Product Owner

About the author Mark Taling

As a product owner at R&R, I am responsible for the functional development and strategy of our software. My goal is to provide our users with the best possible experience, both in the short term and in the future.

As a former developer and architect within R&R, I have extensive experience with how our products work and the processes they support. I now use this experience not only to keep our products up-to-date, but more importantly to continually innovate for a better user experience!