Define an Anytime Pay Blackout Period for the US
The blackout period defines when employees can't request a pay advance because it's already too close to your main payroll run. The blackout period begins with the payroll's planned submission date, and its end date is determined by the payroll type and the blackout period offset.
Therefore, to enable blackout periods, you must enter the planned submission dates for each payroll pay period. You can upload this info in bulk through HCM Data Loader using the Payroll Time Period business object.
Not setting a blackout period can cause problems with your payroll run. Employees submitting pay advances concurrently with your main payroll run could result in interlock issues.
Positive Offset Payrolls
For payrolls with a payment date that occurs after the end of the pay period, the blackout period runs from the planned submission date of the current pay period to the payment date minus the blackout period offset.
Here are some examples.
Bi-weekly payroll paid 7 days in arrears
You configure this payroll with the following periods.
Period number | Start date | End date | Planned submission date | Payment date |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1/2/21 | 1/15/21 | 1/16/21 | 1/22/21 |
2 | 1/16/21 | 1/29/21 | 1/30/21 | 2/5/21 |
3 | 1/30/21 | 2/12/21 | 2/13/21 | 2/19/21 |
If you don't set a blackout period offset for the payroll statutory unit (PSU), the blackout period runs from the planned submission date to the payment date.
Period number | Start date | End date |
---|---|---|
1 | 1/16/21 | 1/22/21 |
2 | 1/30/21 | 2/5/21 |
3 | 2/13/21 | 2/19/21 |
Period number | Start date | End date |
---|---|---|
1 | 1/16/21 | 1/20/21 |
2 | 1/20/21 | 2/3/21 |
3 | 2/13/21 | 2/17/21 |
Bi-weekly payroll paid 3 days in arrears
You configure a payroll with the following periods.
Period number | Start date | End date | Planned submission date | Payment date |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1/2/21 | 1/15/21 | 1/12/21 | 1/18/21 |
2 | 1/16/21 | 1/29/21 | 1/26/21 | 2/1/21 |
3 | 1/30/21 | 2/12/21 | 2/9/21 | 2/15/21 |
Period number | Start date | End date |
---|---|---|
1 | 1/12/21 | 1/16/21 |
2 | 1/16/21 | 1/30/21 |
3 | 2/9/21 | 2/15/21 |
Period number | Start date | End date |
---|---|---|
1 | 1/12/21 | 1/15/21 |
2 | 1/16/21 | 1/29/21 |
3 | 2/9/21 | 2/12/21 |
Payrolls with the Payment Date Within the Pay Period
For these payrolls, the blackout period runs from the planned submission date to the end date of the current pay period.
Here are some examples.
Bi-weekly payroll paid on the last day of the pay period
Period number | Start date | End date | Planned submission date | Payment date | Blackout start date | Blackout end date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1/2/21 | 1/15/21 | 1/11/21 | 1/15/21 | 1/11/21 | 1/15/21 |
2 | 1/16/21 | 1/29/21 | 1/25/21 | 1/29/21 | 1/25/21 | 1/29/21 |
3 | 1/30/21 | 2/12/21 | 2/8/21 | 2/12/21 | 2/8/21 | 2/12/21 |
This configuration ignores any blackout period offset on the PSU.
Bi-weekly payroll paid 2 days before the last day of the pay period
Period number | Start date | End date | Planned submission date | Payment date | Blackout start date | Blackout end date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1/2/21 | 1/15/21 | 1/11/21 | 1/13/21 | 1/11/21 | 1/15/21 |
2 | 1/16/21 | 1/29/21 | 1/25/21 | 1/27/21 | 1/25/21 | 1/29/21 |
3 | 1/30/21 | 2/12/21 | 2/8/21 | 2/10/21 | 2/8/21 | 2/12/21 |
In this case, the blackout period runs until the end of the pay period and not the payment date.