Can you set a holiday employee hourly rate?

[ForeverFitBody]

I am wondering if there is a way to set a hourly payrate differently for a holiday.  We offer time and a half on holidays but I don't see an option to set this up other than the normal hourly rate on my employees.

[#2]

Currently, there isn't an option to set an hourly holiday pay rate @ForeverFitBody. This is a feature our product team is working on, but we don't have a timeline for when it'll be available!

In the meantime, you can use the Additional Pay column to give your employees a bonus when they work a holiday.

Thanks for your post! If you have any more questions let me know. 

[Helen]

Currently, there isn't an option to set an hourly holiday pay rate @ForeverFitBody. This is a feature our product team is working on, but we don't have a timeline for when it'll be available!

In the meantime, you can use the Additional Pay column to give your employees a bonus when they work a holiday.

Thanks for your post! If you have any more questions let me know. 

[ForeverFitBody]

OK thanks for the tip!  I will play around with that.

[WeCaterInNYC]

Do you know when this feature would be available? Using the "Additional Pay" column tax different the employee than the regular hours column. Thanks!

[Helen]

Thanks for checking in @WeCaterInNYC! No updates yet but you can either use Additional column as mentioned above or you can pay your employees a different rate for the holidays. The steps to pay a team member multiple pay rates are in this Support Center article. I hope this help! 

[TheJosh]

Any updates? 

[nika]

Hi @TheJosh! I checked in and there aren't any updates we can relay on this particular feature request. Appreciate you checking in!

[PBS4223]

Hey all,  Thanks for reading and any insight in advance.  I added payroll to square and need to knnow how to add vacation and holiday to the hours and timecards.  Not 100% sure how or where to find it but I have spent over an hour looking and nothing making sense.

Thank you for any pointers.

[EJ_]

Hi @PBS4223

I've moved your post over to this existing thread, as another Payroll seller was looking for information around holiday pay. 

It's not an available feature at the moment, but you can use the "Additional Pay" column to help with this. 

[PawTender1 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I just added an extra job to each employee and named it holiday and set a rate to pay the employee.  When I run their payroll, I change their job title for that day to holiday.  It works for me.

[Helen]

Thanks @PawTender1! I marked your reply as the Best Answer so that other sellers can find this great workaround! 

also wanted to add that if you're using Square Timecards your team can select that job when clocking in/out. 

Thanks again! 

[TheParlour-Yoni]

4 years after the OP and this still isn’t available? This is a super basic payroll feature for when you want to pay someone for a certain number of hours that a) they didn’t actually work but b) should not be counted against their PTO/sick pay. Really silly to make employers find workarounds for this. 

Are there any updates to an ETA for this feature? I’m going to need to use this soon, and I’d like the pay to officially show up as Holiday for reporting.

[Arie]

Hi @TheParlour-Yoni,

Thanks for reaching out and letting us know this is something you're still hoping we improve. I understand your frustration not having an update on this. While we don't have any news to share at the moment, or an ETA on when, or if this might be released, we're still advocating for the feature requests we receive here. However, we don't generally find out about new releases until the same time you do! If you're curious about how feature requests are developed in the Seller Community, take a look at this article. 

[moxiecoffee]

Holiday pay in a restaurant/retail setting is as basic a feature as it gets. This request was made 5 years ago, and there's not even an "update" on when it might be implemented?

[wildgrindcoffee]

What's the status of this feature? Just moved to Square Payroll as of 10/1 and the thought of having to manually enter and track a separate holiday rate for each employee is nauseating when it could be done very easily. No I don't want to have to create a separate pay rate for each employee when it comes to holiday. There is already a PTO and Sick Leave; create a Holiday feature for all Federal holidays and allow companies to select which days to participate in or add their own. Every basic payroll service other than Square Payroll. Gather the engineers up and knock this feature out in a day and stop focusing on crypto for the moment. Shouldn't be that difficult.

[smokestackroast]

Square Team - still no ability to enter holiday pay??  I don't want this counted towards PTO (separate job title) nor do I want to calculate using 'additional pay.'

[Kassi_]

Hey there, @smokestackroast -

Thank you for reaching out for an update on this Payroll Feature Request.

I don't have any new information to share, but I can add your post to the ongoing request with our Product Team. 

Once there is information available, one of our Community Moderators will post a Product Update with all of the details. 

[trbauer]

I can't believe there is no way to pay an employee Holiday Pay! I don't what a separate hourly rate just the option to add all the yearly holidays to payroll so it will automatically add to the employee's pay.

[Arie]

Thanks for adding your feedback, @trbauer, I understand your frustration. While we don't have an update to share at the moment, we'll highlight this feature request with our team and will update this thread with any news. 

[tmkeys6332]

Still cannot believe this isn't added to payroll yet. I want my employees to SEE the Holiday pay we offer, as it is a benefit they should realize. Why hasn't this been added yet???

Disappointed