Payroll Definitions
Payroll definitions contain calendar and offset info, which determine when to calculate and cost payments.
Here's what's involved with defining payrolls.
What you want to do |
How you do it |
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Choose a payroll period type |
Payroll period types determine the interval at which you pay employees and retirees, such as weekly, biweekly, or semimonthly. Create at least one payroll definition for each payroll period type that you use to pay people. For example, to pay employees semimonthly, create a payroll definition using the semimonthly payroll period type, ensuring that tax calculations and other calculations produce correct results for those employees. |
Create payroll definitions |
When you create a payroll definition, the task generates the complete payroll schedule based on:
A common scenario for creating a payroll definition is to replace one that's expired or end-dated. Before you can create a payroll definition, you must have defined the legislative data group (LDG) and the consolidation group. To create a payroll definition:
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Assign people to payrolls |
After you have saved a payroll definition, assign employees and retirees to it.
You can use HCM Data Loader to assign multiple employees. |
Modify a payroll definition |
When you modify a payroll definition, the task adjusts the payroll schedule based on the values you have modified. A common scenario for modifying an existing payroll definition is to increase the number of years and generate more payroll time periods that extend the payroll calendar. Note:
You can extend the payroll calendar by increments of 10 or fewer years. The names of the payrolls in the payroll schedule are unique. You can edit the generated payroll names, but you must ensure they're unique within the payroll definition. |