Processing Retroactive Pay Rules

When you submit a retroactive pay rule for processing, the system creates a batch of new timecards for the employee group that is associated with the retroactive pay rule. The timecards in this batch have a status of Pending Approval. You cannot include pending timecards in a payroll cycle. You should review these timecards and revise them if necessary. When you are satisfied that the timecards are correct, you can approve the batch, which removes the pending status from the timecards. You must approve the batch before you can process the timecards in a payroll cycle. If, after reviewing the timecards, you find that the retroactive pay rule did not achieve the desired outcome, you can cancel the batch, modify the retroactive pay rule, and resubmit it for processing. When you cancel a batch, the system deletes any timecards that were created in the batch.

When you submit a retroactive pay rule, the system also generates the Retroactive Pay Rule Processing report (R186705), which you can use to verify the timecard information.