What is public holiday class in SAP PT - Personnel Time Management?

SAP Term: public holiday class

• Component: PT

• Component Name: Personnel Time Management

• Description: The public holidays are defined according to collective agreements or regional and internal business specifications. Public holidays are grouped as follows: Holy days such as Christmas, Easter and Yom Kippur Regional or national religious public holidays such as Ascension and Epiphany Legal public holidays such as Thanksgiving, Boxing Day and Bastille Day Public holidays are grouped into categories and then numbered. These categories are referred to as "public holiday classes" that contain payment-related data. For example, an employee working on public holiday with a public class "1" is compensated at a higher rate than when working on a day classified as public holiday class "2."

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• Key Concepts: 
  Public holiday classes are used in SAP Personnel Time Management (PT) to define the public holidays that are applicable to a particular country or region. They are used to determine the number of working days in a given period and to calculate the number of hours worked by an employee. 
  
  How to use it: 
  Public holiday classes are created in the SAP system and assigned to a country or region. The public holidays that are applicable to that country or region are then defined in the public holiday class. This information is then used by the system to calculate the number of working days in a given period and to calculate the number of hours worked by an employee. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When creating a public holiday class, it is important to ensure that all applicable public holidays are included in the class. This will ensure that the system calculates the correct number of working days and hours worked by an employee. 
  
  Related Information: 
  For more information on public holiday classes, please refer to SAP Help documentation on Personnel Time Management (PT).