Retroactive Processing of Elements

Retroactive processing ensures that your payroll run for the current period reflects any backdated payments and deductions from previous payroll periods.

A retroactive event group defines the types of changes that trigger a retroactive event notification.

If you are creating a new element and you want to enable retroactive processing by attaching an event group from the elements template itself, do these steps:

1. On the Create Element: Additional Details page, select Yes for the following question: Is this element subject to retroactive changes?

2. Select the predefined Retro event group or a new group that you created.

However, if you want to have a different element pay the retroactive adjustment. follow these steps:

1. On the Retroactive Components page, create a full retroactive calculation with a reprocess type of Reprocess and choose Yes for the default component.
2. In the Retroactive Pay Elements section of the Retroactive Components page, create an entry and enter effective dates, select an adjustment type of Standard, and choose the target element of the results element that you want the retroactive pay process to use when creating a retroactive entry.

Exclude Retroactive Element from the Retroactive Pay Process

If you've enabled the element for retroactive pay and you no longer want it included in the process, follow these steps to prevent it from being considered in the process comparison:

1. On the Element Additional Details page, remove the two retroactive components rows.
2. On the Event Groups page, remove the event group.

To process an element in a retroactive payroll run, the element must have retroactive components that define the processing rules. These steps remove these defined processing rules and disable event notifications.