Choose this if your employees follow typical UK patterns (England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, or Ireland).

Each standard profile includes the correct bank holidays for that region.

To copy:

Choose “Custom non-working days and bank holiday profiles.”

Click “Add” to start a new profile.

This is best if you need a unique pattern (for example, part-time or shift workers).

You can choose any days as non-working and add any bank holidays.

You must still edit three key areas to customise the profile for your needs.

Custom profiles are particularly useful for enabling or managing leave on bank holidays, providing flexibility in defining days as working or non-working.

Use the toggle buttons for each day (Monday–Sunday).

Mark which days are working and which are non-working.

Non-working days cannot be booked for holidays or absences.

If someone works only certain Saturdays, mark Saturday as a working day. You can later adjust for exceptions.

After selecting working days, set the working hours for each day.

These hours affect how holidays and absences are calculated.

For example, if you set 7am–2pm, holidays booked will reflect these hours.

Add extra non-working days (like company shutdowns or special closures).

These days will block holiday and absence bookings for everyone with this profile.

The system will show these days in the employee’s record.

If you copied a standard profile, bank holidays are already included.

If you created a new profile, add bank holidays as needed.

Default working day profiles for England and Wales treat bank holidays as non-working days. Employees assigned to these profiles are restricted from booking leave on those dates.

Click “Save” or “Update” at the bottom of the page.

To assign the profile, go to the employee’s record and select the profile in the “Employment Record” tab.

To check if a profile is assigned, look in the “Job” sub-tab of an employee’s record.

Unable to Book on Bank Holidays: Check that the employee is not on a default profile restricting these days.

Custom Profile Not Working: Ensure correct configuration and assignment.

Entitlement Changes Not Applied: Remember to manually enter entitlement changes related to bank holidays.

Bank holidays do not automatically impact an employee's holiday entitlement in Atlas.

Any required changes must be manually adjusted, such as adding or subtracting days based on agreements or regional specifics.