Set a location's public holidays

Set which public holidays apply to each location, so public holiday pay is estimated on the right days.

Shiftly works out which days are public holidays for each location, so public holiday rates land on the right dates when pay is estimated. The defaults come from the location's state — and you can exclude ones that don't apply or add your own.

Who this is for

Owners and managers using the Shiftly web platform. Public holidays are set per location, so each of your locations keeps its own list.

Before you start

You're an owner or a manager with access to the location.
Open Business Settings → Locations, then select Edit on the location you want.
In the location editor, open the Public Holidays tab.

Review the default holidays

Open the Public Holidays tab

The list is pre-filled with the public holidays for the location's state — worked out from the location's timezone. The state is shown in the description (for example, NSW). Each default holiday carries a Default badge.

The Public Holidays tab of the Bondi Beach location editor, listing the NSW default public holidays for 2026, each tagged Default, with a year toggle and an Add Custom Holiday button

Switch between years

The toggle at the top shows the current year and the next year. Switch between them to review and adjust each year's holidays — the two years are managed separately.

Add a custom holiday

For a day that isn't a state default — a local show day, or a day your venue closes — add your own.

Open the form

Select Add Custom Holiday, then enter a Date and a Holiday name. Add Holiday stays disabled until both are filled.

The Add Custom Holiday form with a date and holiday name filled in, ready to add

Add it to the list

Select Add Holiday. The new day appears in the list in date order with a Custom badge, and its own edit and delete actions.

To rename a custom holiday, select the pencil (Edit name), change the text, and save. To remove one, select the bin (Delete) and confirm — deleting a custom holiday can't be undone.

Exclude a default holiday

If a state default doesn't apply at this location, exclude it rather than deleting it — you can always bring it back.

Exclude it

Select the bin (Exclude) on the default holiday, then confirm.

A confirmation dialog asking whether to exclude Australia Day from this location's public holidays

Restore it later

An excluded default stays in the list, struck through, with a Restore action. Select Restore to bring it back — there's no confirmation, and it returns as a default.

The holiday list showing Australia Day struck through with a Restore action, and a custom Venue anniversary holiday tagged Custom with edit and delete actions

Excluding a default only removes it for this location. Custom holidays and exclusions don't carry across to your other locations — set each location's list separately.