Enabling automatic payroll
Payroll set-up
How to run payroll manually
Reasons to run payroll manually
Enabling automatic payroll
Go to My Dashboard and click Enable automatic payroll.
Scroll down to Running Payroll section, select Activated next to Automatic run payroll and click Save at the bottom.
Payroll set-up
In the Payroll set-up section in Company settings you can find the following options:
Determine the pay day date
Enable or disable auto payroll
Determine how many days in advance you would like to run payroll
Select the if you would like to only store or also send a payslip notification by email
The information for the pay day date and when payroll will be processed (for the current month) will be displayed based on the selection you have made for the above listed options.
For BACS transfers 3 business days will be required to process the payment
You won't be able to modify your payroll after 10:59pm on the day your payroll is due to run each month. Your employees' payslips will be generated shortly after
Once your payroll has been run, your account will automatically roll into the next period which you will be able to access as usual.
How to run payroll manually
Although automatic run payroll is activated, you can run payroll before the date you set-up for the automatic payroll run.
You will be able to find this via Run my payroll > Run payroll.
If there are no required actions, simply click Run Payroll now.
Reasons to run payroll manually
You have your internal cut off day and it doesn't necessarily follow a pattern that can be set on the app.
You want to have more control over when your payroll is run.
The payroll runs overnight and you might lose time if there is an issue or bug that you wouldn't normally see until the next day.
This might be a bit more time-efficient since you can prepare payments and do other post-payroll activities.