| | Pay day calendar settings |
| Description | Before you pay your employees you must set up your pay day calendars. When you complete a pay run, Payroll moves to the next pay run period in the calendar. You don’t need to enter pay dates each time. You can also use the pay day calendar settings to skip or miss a pay run by setting the current pay run date. Likewise, if your calendar is set to the wrong date you can set it back to a previous pay period. |
| Resolution | You can pay your employees weekly, two weekly, four weekly and monthly.- Go to Settings. Select Pay Day Settings.
- Select the relevant calendar. Complete the following information:
| Item | Description | | Pay Day | Choose the day of the week you want to pay your employees. | | Pay On | Monthly only:
- Same day of the month – Pay your employees on the same date each month. Choose this option and choose the date
- Last day of the month – Pay your employees on the last working day of each month. Select this option
| | First Pay Run | From the calendar: Select the date you want to first pay your employees. You can only choose dates for the day you selected. For Monthly calendars, select the first month you would like to pay your employees. | | Avoid Public Holidays and Weekends | If selected, whenever a pay day falls on a public holiday the pay date defaults to the previous working day. It will also default to the previous working day on a weekend. |
- Select Save.
 TIP: To review the details for each of your pay calendars, click View Pay Calendar.
- Go to Settings. Select Pay Day Settings.
- On the relevant calendar, select Manage Frequency, and select Edit Pay Days.
- Change the details for your pay calendar.
| Item | Description | | Pay Day | Choose the day of the week you want to change the pay day to be. | | Apply Changes From | From the calendar, select the date you want to apply the changes. You can only choose dates for the day you selected. | | Avoid Public Holidays and Weekends | If selected, whenever a pay day falls on a public holiday the pay date defaults to the previous working day. It will also default to the previous working day on a weekend. | | Pay On | Monthly only: - Same day of the month – Pay your employees on the same date each month. Choose this option and choose the date
- Last day of the month – Pay your employees on the last working day of each month. Select this option
| | First Pay Run | Monthly only. Choose the first month you want to pay your employees. |
- Select Save.
 CAUTION: You can only remove a pay calendar if you haven’t completed a pay run for it and if there are no active employees on this frequency.
- Go to the Settings tab.
- Select Pay Day Settings.
- On the relevant calendar, select Manage Frequency.
- Select Remove Frequency.
- When prompted, select Yes.
If you have difficulty removing the pay calendar, please read our article Unused pay calendars (opens in new tab). If you used a pay calendar in the past and wish to start using this again, you must skip the unused pay runs until it is up to date. [BCB:299:UKI - Personal content block - Dane:ECB][BCB:308:UKI - Search override - Payroll UK / IE:ECB][BCB:276:UKI - hide back button:ECB] |
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