View Company Holidays

This feature is included in the Core, Pro, and Elite packages.

Where can I view my company holidays?

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Summary

Stay informed about your company holidays so you can plan your time off with confidence. This guide explains how to view upcoming holidays in BambooHR through the Who’s Out widget and calendar, iCal feed, mobile app, and Time Tracking settings.

Who this is for

This guide is for all BambooHR users with Core, Pro, or Elite packages who have access to company calendars. Administrators can also view and manage holidays through Settings > Holidays.

Before you start

Ensure that your administrator has added company holidays in Settings > Holidays. Holidays appear only after being set up and assigned to employees or groups.

Who's Out widget

Side-by-side screenshot of the Who’s Out feature in BambooHR.On the left, the compact Who’s Out widget shows a summary card reading “1 Person Is Out Today” with a single employee profile image and a Full Calendar link. A button in the upper-right corner with a diagonal arrows icon (highlighted) indicates the option to expand the widget.On the right, the expanded Who’s Out view displays a list of employees who are out of office. At the top, a dropdown filter labeled All Reasons allows filtering by absence type. Below it, one section shows “1 Person Is Out Today” with the employee Dorothy Chou, and another section shows “62 People Are Out Monday, Sep 01 — Labor Day,” listing names and profile images of employees, including Jennifer Caldwell, Ryota Saito, Daniel Vance, Eric Asture, Cheryl Barnet, and others. Links for Full Calendar and iCal appear at the bottom of the panel.

View holidays in the Who's Out widget

  1. Go to your Home page.
  2. Find the Who's Out widget.
    • The smaller view shows employees currently out due to time off or holidays.
    • The expanded view lists who's out today and in the coming days.

You can determine if a filtered holiday (one that only applies to some employees) will be visible to all employees through Holiday settings.

Expand or collapse content Who's Out calendar
Screenshot of the Who’s Out calendar in BambooHR showing the date range Aug 24 – Sep 6, 2025, displayed in 2 Weeks view. The calendar includes employee absences marked with colored bars.On Monday, Sep 1, a green bar labeled Labor Day appears, representing a company holiday assigned to employees. A pop-up window labeled Labor Day shows details: “Sep 1 – Assigned to you” and “62 Employees. Details.”Other employees are listed on surrounding dates, including Dorothy Chou, Carly Seymour, Maria Karr, and Daniel Vance.A legend at the bottom indicates color codes for absence types, such as Vacation, Sick, Bereavement, Birthday Leave, COVID-19 Related Absence, Comp/In Lieu Time, FMLA, and Volunteer Time.

View holidays in the Who's Out calendar

  1. From the Who’s Out, Celebrations, or Company Holidays widget, click View Full Calendar.
  2. Holidays appear with a holiday icon next to the date.
  3. Click Details to see all employees assigned to a specific holiday.
  4. If you are assigned to a holiday, it appears in color. If not, it is grayed out, but you will still be able to see who is assigned to that holiday if your admin has granted you that permission.

Administrators can filter holidays to specific employee groups via holiday settings. They can also determine if those holidays should be visible to all employees or only those assigned to the holiday.

Expand or collapse content iCal feed
Screenshot of Google Calendar in 4-week view, displaying the date range December 2023 – January 2024. The interface shows the main calendar grid in the center and a smaller monthly view on the left sidebar. A green event labeled Company Holiday appears on Friday, December 15, 2023. The Google Calendar interface includes the Create button, Time Insights, and options for viewing My calendars and Other calendars. The top-right corner shows the BambooHR logo, indicating that the holiday was synced from BambooHR.

Sync holidays to an external calendar (iCal feed)

  1. When the iCal feature is activated, your company holidays sync automatically with external calendars such as Google Calendar, Outlook, or Apple Calendar.
Expand or collapse content Mobile app
Screenshot of the BambooHR mobile app displaying the Calendar screen for January 2024. The interface shows a monthly calendar view with January 15 highlighted in green and marked with a small dot, indicating an event. Below the calendar, the Who’s Out tab is selected.The list beneath shows:Under “Who’s Out On January 15,” the entry Martin Luther King Day with the date Jan 15.Under “Who’s Out For The Rest of The Month,” two entries for Olivia Sterling, Founder and CEO, with absence dates Jan 17–20 and Jan 23–26.At the top, options include Cancel, Calendar, and Today, along with a settings icon for filtering events.

View holidays in the mobile app

  1. Open the BambooHR mobile app.
  2. Tap the Calendar tab to see company holidays and employee absences.
Expand or collapse content Time off requests
Screenshot of the Record Time Off window in BambooHR for employee Jenn Caldwell, VP of People. The time off request spans November 11–15, 2024 under the Flexible Time category.In the Amount section, individual fields show the number of days taken off for each date. Monday, Nov 11 is marked as Veterans Day with “0 days” entered, indicating no time off counted because it is a company holiday. The remaining dates (Nov 12–15) each show “1 day,” totaling 4.00 days of time off.A Note field appears below, and buttons labeled Cancel and Save are located at the bottom right.

When you request time off that includes a company holiday:

  • The holiday will default to 0 hours/days if it applies to you.
  • You can adjust the hours if needed.
  • If the holiday does not apply to you, the full days hours will appear as usual.
Expand or collapse content Time Tracking
Screenshot of the Timesheet tab for employee Javier Cruz, Content Marketer, in BambooHR. The page displays the pay period Jan 4–17, 2024, with daily time entries listed.On Monday, Jan 1, the entry shows 0h 00m with an orange label reading New Year’s Day, indicating a company holiday. Other days (Dec 30–31 and Jan 2–3) also show 0h 00m but have no holiday tag.The right panel shows a summary box labeled Pay Period: 0h 00m, with an Approve button and a note reading “Must approve by Jan 19.” The left sidebar includes employee details such as contact numbers, local time, department, hire date, and manager information.

View holidays in Time Tracking

If your organization uses BambooHR Time Tracking:

  1. Holidays appear on the employee’s Timesheet.
  2. Set up holidays under Settings > Holidays to ensure they automatically display.