Frequently Asked Questions about Projected Payroll

 

  • An employee in our company pre-arranged to work extra hours on the last two days of the pay period. He entered the agreed-upon hours in his timecard ahead of time. Why didn't he receive pay for the extra hours when we generated the projected payroll?

    A projected payroll export always uses projected hours for the "Begin Projecting" date and every day after it, even if actual timecard records have been entered for those dates. In this case, the employee's payroll was projected based on his normal schedule. The employee will be paid for the extra hours in the next pay period, when the reconciliation adjustments are posted for the pay period containing the non-scheduled work.

    Note: If you know of planned variations from employee's normal schedules, you can change the employee's schedules in the Time & Attendance module as appropriate. Any schedule deviations that are recorded before the "Begin Projecting" date will be used when projected payroll is exported.

  • Why does the projected payroll export contain no hours for several of my employees?

    Many factors could cause this, but the most likely scenario is that no schedules have been defined in the Time & Attendance module for these employees. The Projected Payroll feature projects employee hours based on their defined schedules. For information about assigning schedules, see Managing Employee Schedules.

  • I have discovered an error in an employee time pair on the first day of the pay period. The pay period is still open, but I have already sent the projected payroll export to our payroll administrator. How can I fix the error? Will I have to make a payroll adjustment?

    If you use the Reconciliation feature, you will not have to manually create a payroll adjustment. Since the pay period is still open, you can correct the error in the Timecard Manager. When the Reconciliation Processor evaluates the pay period, it compares the hours and earnings codes for every day in the time period. A reconciliation adjustment is created for every discrepancy, not just those on the projected days. When you review your reconciliation records, you should see an adjustment for the corrected time pair. If you accept the adjustment, the Time & Attendance module will automatically post the appropriate adjustment for you.

  • We have a holiday coming up on the last day of our pay period. Will it be reflected in our projected payroll?

    Yes. If the holiday is defined in the Time & Attendance module and assigned to your employees, the Projected Payroll feature will calculate holiday hours and charge them to the appropriate earnings code. Note, however, that some of the rules that determine whether employees are eligible for the holiday will not be evaluated. If an employee's actual recorded hours later change his/her eligibility for the holiday, the projected holiday hours will be adjusted after the pay period, as part of the normal projected payroll reconciliation process.

  • Does the projected payroll feature work with vacation?

    Yes. The projected payroll feature can project any non-worked time that is scheduled using the Non-Worked Scheduler.

  • Since I ran my projected payroll export, my employees have not been able to edit their timecards. What do I do?

    You have accidentally locked the pay cycle, perhaps by clicking the Next Step button on the End of Period Step 5 page (when you were preparing for your export). To unlock the pay cycle, select End of Period from the Time & Attendance menu. On the End of Period page, click the locked pay cycle. On the End of Period Step 1 page, click the Unlock Pay Cycle button. To prevent further errors, select Home from the Time & Attendance menu.

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