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title: "Holidays"
description: "Here you can set which regional holiday rules the system should use"
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**Manage holidays**

Found under **Administration → Workspace Settings → Holidays**

![Illustration](/images/help-center/administration/holidays-01.png)

One of Leadtime's central tasks is capacity management—planning how much work can be completed with the available employees. To do this, the system needs to know which days employees are *not available*. In addition to vacation days, this includes the holidays observed in their region.

Leadtime lets you store **different holiday rules by location**—a crucial advantage for companies with *international teams* or *locations in different regions*.

Holidays are shown in the [Team Calendar](/team-calendar).

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## Set the default holiday rule

![Illustration](/images/help-center/administration/holidays-02.png)

Under **Default source for holidays**, select the holiday region that applies to your company (e.g. *Germany – Bavaria*).

This setting is adopted automatically for all new users but can be adjusted individually for specific employees.

Holidays are loaded automatically from an official source and displayed in a list.

This gives you an at-a-glance view of all relevant holidays for the selected year.

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## Customize holidays

![Illustration](/images/help-center/administration/holidays-03.png)

By default, Leadtime retrieves holidays automatically. The "Customize this year" button lets you plan company-specific deviations from this official data source. You can delete holidays or add your own company-only "holidays."

Click **"Customize this year"** to switch to manual mode and make your own changes.

You then have the following options:

![Illustration](/images/help-center/administration/holidays-04.png)

- **Add a holiday** (e.g. "Company outing" or "Festivus" wink)
- **Delete a holiday** if it does not apply to your organization
- Apply changes **only for the current year** or **indefinitely for future years**

![Illustration](/images/help-center/administration/holidays-05.png)

If you want to undo your changes, click **"Reset this year to default"** to return to the original official holiday rule.

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### Change the holiday rule for individual users

Especially in international teams, you may need to specify a different holiday source for certain employees.

Go to [Employee Basics](/company/employees/basic-information)

![Illustration](/images/help-center/administration/holidays-06.gif)

1. Open **Your Company → Employees**.
2. Select the relevant employee.
3. Switch to the **Basics** tab.
4. In the **Working Hours and Salary** section, select the appropriate region or country under **Holiday Rule** (e.g. *Austria* or *USA*).
5. Save your changes.

The new rule is applied automatically, and you can check the team calendar to confirm that the holidays are applied correctly.

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With this system, Leadtime ensures that your capacity planning always works accurately for each location—whether you run a local company or a distributed international team.