Blackout days prevent employees from taking time off on certain days during the calendar year. For example, if your organization is very busy during September, they may prevent employees from taking time off in September. However, exceptions can be made if required. 

Setting Up Blackout Days 

1. In Time & Attendance, navigate to Setup > Time Off. 
2. Click the "Blackout Days" button.
3. Click the "+ New" button to add a new blackout day. 
4. Enter the required fields. 
   1. "Code" is the short name of the blackout date, to identify the day. 
   2. "Name" is the long name of the blackout date, to identify the day.
   3. "From" and "To" is the date range of the blackout day(s). If it is just one day, enter the same date in both fields. 
5. If you want to allow employees to request on these days anyway, tick "Allow to request". Otherwise, employees will not be able to request on blackout days. 
6. On the right side of the window, if you want to assign these blackout dates to all employees, tick "Assign to all employees". Otherwise, select particular employees to assign it to. 
   
7. Click the save button to save your changes.

Requesting Time Off on a Blackout Day

When requesting time off, your employees can see which days are blacked out. If you did not tick the "Allow to request" checkbox in the blackout date setup, your employee will not be allowed to submit the time off request. 

If you ticked the "Allow to request" checkbox in the blackout date setup, your employee will be allowed to submit the time off request (as if there was no blackout date).