What are working day profiles?
Working day profiles are templates you can assign in Atlas to control what days are recognized as working days for different people in your organization. By setting up shutdown days and holidays that aren't worked, you can ensure that these days will not automatically be deducted from employees' vacation entitlements.
For example:
As an organization, I have staff working in Ontario and in Quebec.
I need to ensure that my staff in Ontario and in Quebec observe holidays and any shutdowns specific to my organization.
I can use a default non-working days and holiday profile for Ontario and for Quebec, customize them, or create my own from scratch.
Access working day profiles
From the Dashboard, go to the left navigation menu and select Company > Non-working days and holidays profile.
How to create a working day profile
You have two options: copy or create.
Copy a Standard Working Day Profile
Choose this if your employees follow typical patterns in the jurisdiction where you operate (Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and so on).
Each standard profile includes the correct holidays for that jurisdiction.
To copy:
Find Standard non-working days and statutory holiday profiles.
Click the actions button next to the profile you want.
Select Copy and update.
Edit the name and description as needed.
Create a new working day profile
Choose Custom non-working days and statutory holiday profiles.
Click Add to start a new profile.
This is best if you need a unique pattern (for example, part-time or shift workers).
You can choose any days as non-working and add any statutory holidays.
You must still edit three key areas to customize the profile for your needs.
Customizing your working day profile
Changing the working days
Use the toggle buttons for each day (Monday to Sunday).
Mark which days are working and which are non-working.
Non-working days cannot be booked for holidays or absences.
Mark intermittent days as working days. For example, if someone works only certain Saturdays, mark Saturday as a working day. You can later adjust for exceptions.
Changing the working hours
After selecting working days, set the working hours for each day.
These hours affect how time off is calculated.
For example, if you set 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., vacation booked will reflect these hours.
Setting additional non-working days
Add extra non-working days (like company shutdowns or special closures).
These days will block time off and absence bookings for everyone with this profile.
The system will show these days in the employee’s record.
Holidays
If you copied a standard profile, legislated holidays are already included.
If you created a new profile, add holidays as needed.
Saving your profile
Click Save or Update at the bottom of the page.
To assign the profile, go to the employee’s record and select the profile in the Employment record tab.
To check whether a profile is assigned, look in the Job sub-tab of an employee’s record.