Payroll Setup

Set up pay groups and pay periods

Create a pay group for your pay frequency, generate its calendar of pay periods and pay dates, and understand who a pay run includes.

  • Payroll Admin
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On this page (4 sections)
  1. Create a pay group
  2. Generate pay periods
  3. Who a pay run includes
  4. Edit or deactivate a pay group

Create a pay group

Go to
  1. Payroll
  2. Pay Groups
  3. New Pay Group
FrequencyRequired
Weekly, Bi-Weekly, Semi-Monthly, Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Annual. US payroll supports Weekly to Monthly.
CodeRequired
A unique short code, such as MONTHLY-IN. Keep it to 30 characters or fewer.
NameRequired
For example “Monthly Staff – India”.
CurrencyRequired
Three-letter code, such as INR.
First Period StartRequired
The first day of the first pay period. For monthly and longer frequencies, its day of the month anchors every period.

Click Create Pay Group.

Generate pay periods

  1. Click the pay group to open its details.

  2. Enter how many periods to generate (1–36, default 3).

  3. Click Generate more periods.

Periods are added after the last existing one. The pay date is five days after the period ends. Generate periods before you start a pay run — pay runs are created for one period of one pay group.

Who a pay run includes

Edit or deactivate a pay group

  • Click the pencil to edit. The Frequency is locked once periods have been generated — create a new pay group to change it.
  • Changing First Period Start doesn’t regenerate periods that already exist.
  • Deactivate a pay group to hide it from Pay Runs. Tick Show inactive pay groups too to see it again. Pay groups can’t be deleted.

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