Holiday Calendar

This Holiday Calendar glossary covers-

• Holiday calendar– Meaning
• Holiday calendar- Importance
• 2021 Holiday Calendar

Let’s look at them successively, one at a time.

Holiday Calendar- Meaning

Holiday calendar consists of a list of holidays in a given year. It comprises national holidays, religious holidays or any other permanent date marked as a holiday.  In the calendar, holidays are classified  into restricted, floating, observance, season and gazetted holidays.

Holiday Calendar Importance

It is part of the HR duty to make a yearly holiday calendar during the start of a financial year. It is mandatory for the employer to give its employees off days on national holidays that may or may not fall on a weekend. Every company irrespective of their industry type  has to grant specified holiday’s ordered by the government except for media, news and healthcare.

2021 Holiday Calendar

While setting your leave policy or releasing the holiday calendar, referring to the respective year’s holiday calendar released by the government is imperative. This 2021 holiday calendar consists of all the holidays in India classified into Restricted, Gazetted, Observance, and season, and central government holiday. So, make sure you look at this 2021 calendar with holidays before releasing the same on your HR software portal.