The current calculation for pro-rated leave for leave types that include public holidays does not take into account whether a staff member is actually employed during those holiday dates. This means that new starters and leavers get a full allocation of public holidays pro-rated in their leave allowance instead of a partial allocation.

For example:

Full-time employee A starts on 1 June, 6 months into the leave year (e.g. 1 Jan - 31 Dec) and is enrolled on a leave plan of 36 days with a leave type that includes 8 public holidays. The employee accrues approximately half of the allocation of leave (18 days) and this includes half of the allocation of the public holidays for the full year. Any public holidays that occur after the enrollment date are then subtracted from this (-3 days) leaving 15 days of bookable leave to spend.

Full-time employee B starts on 1 June, 6 months into the leave year (e.g. 1 Jan - 31 Dec) and is enrolled on a leave plan of 28 days with a leave type that excludes public holidays. The employee accrues approximately half of the allocation of bookable leave (14 days).

In the above scenario employee A has a day less of leave to spend from what I feel should be an equivalent leave allocation and this discrepancy will vary up to 3 days difference depending of the period of the leave year when employment takes place.

I propose to update the accrual calculation for public holiday inclusive leave types to remove any public holidays that do not occur in the employment period before the accrual is pro-rated.