Public Holidays

Workable can automatically account for public holidays based on each person’s location. This matters when you are planning across regions and need the schedule to respect local non-working days.

How Public Holidays Work

When the feature is enabled, the scheduler:

• Treats public holidays as unavailable time
• Uses the Country and State assigned to each person
• Looks up national and regional holidays for that location
• Adjusts project timelines to account for reduced availability

Accessing the Public Holidays Toggle

The public holidays feature is controlled in Plan Settings:

1. Open the Plan tab in your plan.
2. Expand the Plan Settings accordion.
3. Find the public holiday scheduling controls.

Availability:

• During Trial: available during the 14-day free trial
• With a paid subscription: available on supported plans
• Free tier: prompts for upgrade when unavailable

Enabling or Disabling Holiday Exclusions

You can choose whether public holidays are considered during scheduling:

• On: The scheduler treats holidays as unavailable time
• Off: Holidays are ignored

Setting Up People Locations

For public holidays to work correctly, each person needs a location on their profile:

1. Go to Resources ➔ People.
2. Edit the person’s profile.
3. Set their Country and State/Region if applicable.
4. Save the change.

Tip

If public holidays are part of your plan, make sure each person’s location data is complete before diagnosing schedule gaps or bottlenecks. Missing country or state details can make holiday-based availability inaccurate.