Pay Periods
Step-by-step Timesheets guides with screenshots.
- Understanding Pay PeriodsA pay period groups work dates for review and export. Its date range and its lock status answer different questions.
- Choosing and Reviewing a Pay PeriodSelect the exact period before reviewing or exporting staff hours.
- Opening a New or Empty Pay PeriodCreate an empty pay period to hold staff hours. Creating it does not import attendance or prepare a payroll payment.
- Understanding Current, Ended, and Historical Pay PeriodsCalendar timing and workflow state are separate. A past period can still need review.
- Understanding the Pay-Period Readiness SummaryReadiness helps locate recorded hours, flagged entries and outstanding approvals.
- Locking a Pay Period Before ExportingLock a reviewed period when you want to freeze normal timesheet changes. Locking and approving are different actions.
- Reopening or Correcting a Locked Pay PeriodAn eligible locked period can be reopened only when it has no prepared payroll run. Reopening does not undo approval on an individual entry.