Public Holidays are not the same in all states or all regions, i.e., Melbourne Cup day. Creating locations in WageEasy and attaching a location to an employee and a public holiday will ensure that the correct employee gets paid for the public holiday without manual intervention.
To set up your locations for public holidays that are only for a region and not the whole state, i.e. Ekka day for Brisbane and Melbourne Cup Day for Melbourne, you will need a Location for Brisbane Metro and one for Melbourne Metro so that employees in that location will get the two above mentioned public holidays.
Go to HR, Locations, and Add. Enter a Location Name and then select the drop-down menu to select the Locate In (if used). An example of this could be that the Location Name is Melbourne Metro, and the Locate In could be Victoria.
Once you have created the additional Locations, you need to attach employees to the locations. Go into the Employee Details, select the employee, and go to Employment, Employment. From the drop-down next to Location, select the newly created location.
Go to Setup, Public Holidays. Select the Public Holiday that should be restricted to a specific location and click Edit. Tick Restrict Holiday to a Location and select the location from the drop-down, i.e., Melbourne Metro.
Note: By having locations linked to the employees and public holidays set up to pay to a certain location, those who have worked hours on that public holiday in the timesheet entry will be paid as per the award conditions. Employees who have not worked may get Make-Up pay for that day, depending on the Award setup. These settings can be checked in Setup, Awards, select the Award, Edit, Normal, Public Holiday. There are rules for Worked and Did Not Work.