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Record closure days and bank holidays
Record the days you shut, such as a Christmas shutdown, and see how bank holidays are given.
What you'll need: The first and last day you're closed, Whether the days come out of people's holiday.
A closure is a day or more your workplace shuts.
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You don't add bank holidays: KivoHR knows them for each UK nation, and gives each place of work its own from its postcode.
Record a closure
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Step 1: Go to Settings, Closure days, and press Add a closure.
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Step 2: Choose Which employer is closed?, then type a Name people will see.
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Step 3: Set the First day and Last day.
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For part of a day, use Closed from and Closed until.
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Step 4: Under Holiday and pay, choose if the days are given, come out of holiday, or go unpaid.
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Step 5: Save it.
Bank holidays
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Step 1: Each place of work follows the nation its postcode is in.
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Step 2: Whether a bank holiday comes out of someone's allowance is set in their holiday scheme.
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Step 3: By law, full-time workers get at least 5.6 weeks' holiday a year, and bank holidays can count.
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Stuck?
It says the closure has already begun
You can't change a closure once people have been off for it. Add another closure for any new days.
It says a closure can't move to a day that has passed
Choose today or a later day.
It says the closure was cancelled
Add a new closure instead.
Staff at one place get the wrong bank holidays
That place is in the wrong nation. Open it under Settings, Places of work, and check its postcode.
Thanks. That helps us make the guides better.
Not legal advice. Checked against the law on 1 November 2026; we check it again by 1 April 2027, and sooner if the law changes.