diff --git a/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.py b/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.py
index 1c5e616d5b3..13b80b25251 100755
--- a/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.py
+++ b/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.py
@@ -254,7 +254,11 @@ def get_employee_email(employee_doc):
 	)
 
 
-def get_holiday_list_for_employee(employee, raise_exception=True):
+def get_holiday_list_for_employee(employee, raise_exception=True, as_on=None):
+	hrms_override = frappe.get_hooks("employee_holiday_list")
+
+	if hrms_override:
+		return frappe.get_attr(hrms_override[-1])(employee, raise_exception, as_on)
 	if employee:
 		holiday_list, company = frappe.get_cached_value("Employee", employee, ["holiday_list", "company"])
 	else:
diff --git a/erpnext/setup/doctype/holiday_list/holiday_list.py b/erpnext/setup/doctype/holiday_list/holiday_list.py
index ebdbe8f83f4..74be12fd4a9 100644
--- a/erpnext/setup/doctype/holiday_list/holiday_list.py
+++ b/erpnext/setup/doctype/holiday_list/holiday_list.py
@@ -203,7 +203,25 @@ def is_holiday(holiday_list, date=None):
 	if date is None:
 		date = today()
 	if holiday_list:
-		return bool(frappe.db.exists("Holiday", {"parent": holiday_list, "holiday_date": date}, cache=True))
+		return bool(
+			frappe.db.exists(
+				"Holiday", {"parent": holiday_list, "holiday_date": date, "is_half_day": 0}, cache=True
+			)
+		)
+	else:
+		return False
+
+
+def is_half_holiday(holiday_list, date=None):
+	"""Returns true if the given date is a half holiday in the given holiday list"""
+	if date is None:
+		date = today()
+	if holiday_list:
+		return bool(
+			frappe.db.exists(
+				"Holiday", {"parent": holiday_list, "holiday_date": date, "is_half_day": 1}, cache=True
+			)
+		)
 	else:
 		return False