Pay Periods

Pay Periods

Pay Periods





Pay Periods - To create a new pay period click New and complete the following fields:


1.  Name of our pay period. Note: We can have multiple pay periods to apply to employees, jobs, unions, and companies through our pay groups.

2.  Set the day of week overtime starts to accrue.

3.  Set pay period to Active inactive status.

4.  Set Time Rounding (optional)..

5.  Pay period type:

     Weekly - Use Weekly if you run payroll every week. After selecting Weekly it will prompt you to select the first day of the pay period.

     Bi-Weekly - Use Bi-Weekly if you run payroll every two weeks. After selecting Bi-Weekly it will prompt you to enter the Pay Period Start Datel.

     Bi-Monthly -  Use Bi-Monthly if you run payroll twice a month. After selecting Bi-Monthly it will prompt you to select the two days of the month on which you run payroll.

     Monthly - Use Monthly if you run payroll just once a month. After selecting Monthly it will prompt you to select the day of the month on which you run payroll.

6.  Set Auto Midnight (optional).  This option cuts a record off at midnight and then starts it back up at midnight keeping the time on separate days. For example, if an employee works from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM, the record is cut into two, the first will be 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM and the second will be 12:00 AM to 5:00 AM.

 7. Save your Pay Periods you just set up, or Cancel.


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