Managing Off-Cycle Processing

This chapter provides an overview of off-cycle processing, lists common elements, and discusses how to:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUnderstanding Off-Cycle Processing

This section discusses:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicDifferences Between On- and Off-Cycle Payrolls

On-cycle processing refers to executing regularly scheduled runs. In Global Payroll these are recurring runs for which a period, calendar, and calendar group have been predefined. A paygroup with a monthly frequency has twelve regularly scheduled on-cycle payrolls each year.

Off-cycle payroll processing refers to processing payments and making corrections to finalized results outside of the normal payroll schedule. Off-cycle transactions are typically made to correct prior payments or to make early termination payments that can't wait until the next scheduled on-cycle payroll.

Note. Quarterly bonuses, commission payments, and other regularly recurring transactions that are processed less frequently than regular payroll runs often involve large groups of payees, and can be managed most efficiently as on-cycle processes.

With the exceptions that are explained in this chapter, the concepts that apply to on-cycle processing also apply to off-cycle processing: retroactivity, segmentation, calendars and calendar groups, running calculations, banking, and general ledger. The primary difference between on and off-cycle processing is the way in which you enter instructions for what and who to process.

See Also

Processing Payroll

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicTypes of Off-Cycle Transactions

Global Payroll supports four types of off-cycle transactions:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicFeatures of Off-Cycle Processing

With off-cycle processing, you can:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicSteps for Entering Off-Cycle Requests

You can enter multiple off-cycle requests for the same paygroup and target period.

To enter requests for off-cycle transactions:

  1. Create an off-cycle group using the Off Cycle Requests (GP_OFFCYCLE_SETUP) component.

    An off-cycle group identifies which off-cycle transactions to process and the processing instructions, including who and what to pay and when to pay it. Its purpose is similar to a calendar in an on-cycle process, except that you enter specific instructions for each payee. Off-cycle group setup includes two steps:

    1. Name the off-cycle group and enter various default instructions for all transactions on the Intro page.

    2. For each transaction, enter instructions on the page that's specific to that transaction type.

  2. Create a calendar group for the off-cycle run on the Calendar Group page.

    A calendar group for an off-cycle run identifies the off-cycle groups to process together (whereas a calendar group for an on-cycle process identifies the calendars to process together). Use the same page to create all calendar groups, completing the fields that pertain to off-cycle processing.

    Note. You can create a calendar group for an off-cycle run directly on the Intro page of the Off Cycle Requests component by clicking the Create Calendar Group button. When you click this button, the system automatically populates the Calendar Group page with the information required to generate the off-cycle calendar group.

See Also

Defining Calendar Groups

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicProcessing and Postprocessing Steps

To process requests for off-cycle transactions:

  1. Initiate the off-cycle run.

    Use the same run control page that you use to initiate on-cycle runs. This page, the Payroll/Absence Run Control page, can be accessed by navigating to Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Absence and Payroll Processing, Off Cycle, Process Off Cycle. Or the same page can be accessed by navigating to Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Absence and Payroll Processing, Calculate Absence and Payroll.

    When the system recognizes the entered calendar group as an off-cycle group, it sets the Suspend Active setting to on for the processing phases where it is relevant (Identify and Calculate).

  2. Finalize te run once you're satisfied with the processing results.

  3. Run all post-processes, such as Banking, General Ledger, Send Cost to TL, and reports.

    Each post-processing step needs to be run with the same sequence as on-cycle.

See Also

Entering Processing Instructions

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicOff-Cycle Batch Processing

With off-cycle processing, the system automatically suspends affected payees from other runs in which they are active so that they can be included in the off-cycle process. (A payee can only be active in one run at a time.)

Here's what the system does when you submit an off-cycle request:

Transaction processing varies depending on the type of off-cycle requesting being processed.

Manual Payments

With manual payments, batch validation checks to see if the calculated gross and net pay accumulator amounts match the gross and net pay amounts input. A message is issued and payee is placed in error if these calculated gross and net do not match the input gross and net amounts. The amounts will have to match in order to finalize the payroll.

During batch processing the process list associated with the run type entered will be used.

Corrections

Off cycle corrections are based on retroactive processing just like the retroactive corrections that take place during on-cycle runs.

Unscheduled Payments

During batch processing the process list associated with the run type entered will be used.

Advances

For advances, calendar groups are processed with the applicable calendars. Batch processing follows the same logic as on-cycle processing.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicSystem Elements for Developing Off-Cycle Rules

The following table provides information about delivered system elements that are used during off-cycle processing:

System Element

Description

Values

GP TX TYPE

Identifies the transaction type

  • R (Correction)

  • M (Manual Payment)

  • U (Unscheduled Payment)

  • A (Advances)

  • Blank (on-cycle runs)

OFF CYCLE

Identifies whether calendar is off-cycle or on-cycle.

  • Y (Yes) = off-cycle calendar.

  • N (No) = on-cycle calendar. (Any run with a defined calendar is considered on-cycle, including semi-regular runs.)

GP CORR TYPE

Identifies the correction type

N Normal Retro, R Replacement — Normal Retro, V Reversal - Normal Retro, W Reversal — Replacement

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicCommon Elements Used in This Chapter

Limited Element Set

To process only selected earning and deduction elements on the process list, select the element group to process. Use the Element Group component (GP_ELEMENT_GROUP) to define a limited element set.

For example, to specify that the system also process an employer contribution when you enter positive input for a payee, you can create an element group that includes the elements for the employer contribution and select this element set when entering the payment instructions.

Note. Including an element in a limited element set does not override general eligibility rules. Limited element sets provide an additional filter that can further narrow the elements that get resolved.

See Defining Element Groups.

Offcycle Group

Identifies a set of off-cycle transactions to process. The name of an off-cycle group is user defined. You can use any value.

Payment Date

The date that the system uses to determine:

  • The period for updating accumulators, for those accumulators that are defined to accumulate based on payment date.

  • The element definitions to retrieve during processing, for those elements that use payment date as the definition as of date.

The value that you enter on the Intro page becomes the default value for all transactions that are associated with the off-cycle group. You can override this date for individual transactions.

Payment Method

Options are Cash, Check, Postal Order, and Pay Primary Account Only. This field applies to all transaction types except manual payments. The selected payment method overrides the payee's normal instructions as well as any payment method that might be assigned through rules during the calculation process.

Enter a default value for all transactions on the Intro page. You can override this value for individual transactions.

Period Begin Date and Period End Date

Dates the system use to determine:

  • The period for updating accumulators, for those accumulators that are defined to accumulate based on period begin date or period end date.

  • The element definitions to retrieve during processing, for those elements that use period begin date or period end date as the definition as of date.

Manual payments, corrections, and unscheduled payments inherit these dates from the target calendar; you can override the default dates. Advance payments inherit these dates from the source calendar—the calendar that is being advanced; you cannot override these dates for advances.

Stop Regular Resolution

Select this check box to prevent the resolution of primary elements (earnings or deductions) on the process list, except those with positive input or retroactivity. Supporting elements on the process list will still be processed. When you select this option, the Limited Element Set field becomes unavailable.

Supporting Element Overrides

Click the Supporting Element Overrides button to access the Payee / Calendar Overrides page where you can override the value of a bracket, date, duration, formula, or variable element for a specific payee and calendar.

Target Period ID

Affects the period for which balance accumulators are updated. The target period provides the default values for the period begin date and period end date for all transaction types except advances. For advances, the target period determines the process begin date and process end date.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicDefining Default Values for an Off-Cycle Group

This section provides an overview of off-cycle group setup and discusses how to create an off-cycle group and define its default values.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUnderstanding Off-Cycle Group Setup

Use the Off Cycle Requests component (GP_OFFYCLE_SETUP) to create an off-cycle group and to define default instructions for the transactions to be processed. On the component's Intro page you enter a description of the group and select the default payment date and payment method for all transactions. After entering instructions on the Intro page, you complete a separate page of the component for each transaction type you intend to process.

If a payee has entries for more than one transaction type, the system processes the transactions in the following order: manual payments, corrections, unscheduled payments, and advance payments. To process the transactions in any other order, set up separate off-cycle groups and process the payments in separate runs.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicPage Used to Define Default Values for Off-Cycle Transactions

Page Name

Object Name

Navigation

Usage

Intro

GP_OFFCYCLE_INTRO

Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Absence and Payroll Processing, Off Cycle, Off Cycle Requests, Intro

Name an off-cycle group and select the default payment date and method. Also view off-cycle groups, using the following search criteria to retrieve them: paygroup, period ID, off-cycle group, description, processing status, or calendar group.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicDefining Common Values for Off-Cycle Transactions

Access the Intro page by entering the paygroup, target period ID, and name for the off-cycle group.

Description

Enter a long description of the off-cycle group.

Payment Date

This field enables you to specify a common payment date for all the transactions included in the off-cycle group.

Payment Method

This field enables you to specify a common payment method for all the transactions included in the off-cycle group.

Processing Status

Displays Unprocessed, Processing initiated, Processing finalized, or Canceled, depending on the status of the off-cycle payroll process. Once processing is finalized, you cannot make changes to the off-cycle group. Canceled appears if a user has canceled the calendar group with which the off-cycle group is associated.

Calendar Group

This value displays after you associate the off-cycle group with a calendar group. The system clears this value if you remove the off-cycle group from the calendar group.

Create Calendar Group

Click to generate a calendar group for the off-cycle group you are defining. When you click this button, the system displays the Calendar Group page pre-populated with the required calendar group information. Click OK to accept the system-defined calendar group.

Note. This button appears on the page only after you save the off-cycle request. After the off-cycle request is associated with a calendar group, the button disappears.

Note. Note that this button enables you to associate a single off-cycle request (group) with a calendar group. If you want to combine multiple off-cycle requests in the same calendar group, you should create the calendar group manually and add the separate off-cycle requests to the calendar group directly on the Calendar Group page.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicRecording Manual Payments

This section provides an overview of recording manual payments and discusses how to record manual payment details.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUnderstanding the Recording of Manual Payments

A manual payment is a check prepared outside of the Global Payroll system. You might have a remote office with no access to Global Payroll that occasionally needs to write a manual payment to process a last-minute payroll adjustment. Or you might correct errors in system-produced paychecks by producing manual payments.

Because manual payments are created outside of the system, you must record them manually into Global Payroll to update your employees’ earnings, deductions, garnishments, and tax balances.

For example, employee 8101 was hired in a remote office on January 1. The clerk did not notify the central office of the new hire. So, when the payroll was produced for the January run, the new employee did not receive a check. The payroll clerk therefore calculated and produced a manual payment to be processed in an off-cycle run. He then forwarded the check information to the central office to be entered into the system.

Manual payments are processed in off-cycle payroll runs.

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Page Name

Object Name

Navigation

Usage

Manual Payments

GP_OFFCYCLE_MANUAL

Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Absence and Payroll Processing, Off Cycle, Off Cycle Requests, Manual Payments

Enter instructions for processing manual payments.

Manual Payment Detail

GP_MNL_PYMT_DTL

Click the Payment Details link on the Period (Calendar) tab of the Manual Payments page.

Enter all manual payment details.

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Access the Manual Payments page.

Employee ID

Enter the employee ID for whom you created the manual payment. The section will limit itself to payees (and jobs) that at one time or another were associated with the paygroup associated with the off-cycle group.

Empl Rcd Nbr (employee record number)

Select the job for which you created the manual payment.

Period (Calendar) Paid

Enter the pay period the manual payment covers.

Payment Date

Enter the payment date applicable to the off-cycle payment. Defaults the payment date from the off-cycle group, if it exists. You can override this value based on the individual payment.

Note. Payment date as noted earlier can be used to determine what period balances to update. It may be different from the issue date of the original payment.

Payment Details

Click this link to access the Manual Payment Detail page, where you can enter all earning and deduction elements associated with the manual payment.

Processing Controls

Select the Processing Controls tab.

Period Begin Date and Period End Date

Defaults from the target period ID. These values can be overridden.

Run Type

Defaults from the calendar paid. This value can be overridden.

Payment Keys

Select the Payment Keys tab.

This tab displays the payments keys that have been set up at the pay entity level. It will only be visible if there are payment keys set up. The user can override the payment keys. If no payment keys are overridden the system will use the payment keys of the period end date of the target calendar.

Note. If you override one payment key, you override them all.

Entering Payment Details

Access the Manual Payment Detail page.

Payment Number

Enter the number associated with the payment number, cash receipt, check, or bank transfer for this manual payment.

Issue Date

Enter the date the payment was issued and payable to the payee.

Payment ID

In order to include this payment in the payment reconciliation, add the payment ID applicable to the manual payment.

Validate

After you enter all data for the page, click to validate the entries for the manual payment. The validation process will verify the input gross and net amounts are equal to the calculated gross and net accumulator amounts to ensure the amounts are entered correctly. If the values do not equal the manual payment detail can be saved but not processed. The input gross and net pay must equal the calculated gross and net accumulators before a manual payment can be validated and then processed. The only exception is when you have a status of validate at calculation time.

Validation Status

Once the validation process is run, the Validation Status is automatically updated.

Valid values are:

  • Not Validated – Indicates the calculated gross and net accumulators do not match the entered gross and net, or that the payment was saved and not validated.

  • Validated – Indicates the calculated gross and net accumulators match the entered gross and net.

  • Validate at Calculation Time – Indicates that the earnings or deductions contributed to the accumulator based on another element. Since the element needs to be resolved during calculation the system will not be able to validate until the calculation.

Gross Pay

Enter the gross pay of the manual payment.

Net Pay

Enter the net pay of the manual payment.

Calculated Values

The Last Validated Gross and Last Validated Net values are derived based on how the earnings or deductions, entered on the positive input details, are defined to contribute to the gross and net accumulators. Since an earning or deduction can accumulate less than 100 percent to an accumulator the calculated gross and net may be different from the input values of Gross Pay and Net Pay.

Note. By simply entering all the earnings and deductions and then clicking the Validate button, you can use the page as a calculator to determine the gross and net for you, (and as such it can serve as a calculator when you issue the manual payment itself).

Earnings and Deductions Details

Element Name

Enter all the earning and deduction elements that are used in this manual payment.

 

Unit, Rate, Amount, Base, Percent, and Currency Code

Enter values in the applicable fields for each element of the manual payment.

Percent Contribution

Based on the element's definition, this displays the percent to add or subtract from the accumulator for this element.

Note. If the element contributes based on another element, the element name will appear. If the element contributes differently to gross and net then ##### will appear in this field. The system displays a message when the element contributes differently to gross and net, which reads “ # - Percent Contributions are different for Gross and Net.”

Calculated Value

Based on the element's definition, this displays the elements calculated value that it contributes to the accumulator.

 

Action Type

The action type for the element listed is displayed. If no amount or a zero is entered for an element the Action Type will be Resolve to Zero. If a non-zero amount is entered for an element the Action Type will be Override.

Supporting Element Overrides

Click to access the Supporting Element Overrides page, where you can override values of supporting elements for this manual payment. If override details are entered, the Details check box will be selected.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicCorrecting or Reversing Payroll Results

This section provides an overview of correcting payroll results and discusses how to enter instructions to correct payroll results.

With its built-in retroactive processing capabilities, Global Payroll generally handles corrections as a basic part of regular on-cycle payrolls. With off-cycle processing, you can quickly address the more critical exceptions.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUnderstanding Payroll Result Corrections

There are four types of corrections that can be processed. They are:

Example of a Normal Retroactive Correction and a Replacement Correction

Example: The user is aware that the payee was underpaid 50 USD in February. In actuality the pay was increased as of January 1st from 100 USD to 110 USD.

For a normal retroactive correction, the system handles the adjustment using the normal retroactive processing mode and processing set, as dictated by the existing triggers. Standard use and validation of retroactive rules apply (as if running on-cycle). This includes:

For a forwarding mode client this example would develop as follows:

 

1st Trigger

     

Target Calendar

 

January

February

March

April

Off-Cycle

 

v1r2

v1r2

v1r2

v1r2

 

E1 Old

100

50

100

100

 

Year-to-Date Old

100

150

250

350

 

E1 New

110

110

110

110

90

Year-to-Date New

 

150

250

350

440

Difference

10

60

10

10

 

For a replacement correction, the normal retroactive processing behavior is overruled from the “calendar to correct” forward. While the system still performs cross-validation of retroactive triggers (no method conflict among triggers allowed), other rules are abandoned. With normal retroactive corrections:

For a forwarding mode client, the example would develop as follows (note the shift in retroactive mode):

 

1st Trigger

     

Target Calendar

 

January

February

March

April

Off-Cycle

 

v1r2

v2r1

v2r1

v2r1

 

E1 Old

100

50

100

100

 

Year-to-Date Old

100

150

250

350

 

E1 New

110

110

110

110

10

Year-to-Date New

 

210

320

430

440

Difference

10

50

10

10

 

Example of a Reversal – Both Modes

The off-cycle request for a reversal will force the reversal regardless of whether the underlying data has been changed to reflect the fact that the payee is ineligible or not, meaning:

Example: The payee was processed with a status of Leave of Absence With Pay during the month of February. The status should have been Leave of Absence Without Pay. This time assume there were no changes in January (despite the trigger on January 1st).

Original Check

February

Reversing Entry

Off-Cycle

Salary (E1)

10000

Salary

–10000

401K

1000

401K

–1000

FWT

2000

FWT

–2000

Union Dues

100

Union Dues

–100

Net Pay

6900

Net Pay

–6900

For a normal retroactive reversal, the retroactive processing mode dictated by the underlying triggers are respected, but the other rules are abandoned. For a forwarding client this would shape up as follows (in terms of balances and target calendar calculations).

 

1st Trigger

     

Target Calendar

 

January

February

March

April

Off-Cycle

 

v1r2

v1r2

v1r2

v1r2

 

E1 Old

10000

10000

10000

10000

 

Year-to-Date Old

10000

20000

30000

40000

 

E1 New

10000

0

10000

10000

–10000

Year-to-Date New

10000

20000

30000

40000

30000

Difference

 

10000

     

For a corrective client this would develop as follows (in terms of balances and target calendar calculations):

 

1st Trigger

     

Target Calendar

 

January

February

March

April

Off-Cycle

 

v2r1

v2r1

v2r1

v2r1

 

E1 Old

10000

10000

10000

10000

 

Year-to-Date Old

10000

20000

30000

40000

 

E1 New

10000

0

10000

10000

0

Year-to-Date New

10000

10000

20000

30000

30000

Difference

 

10000

     

Replacement reversals are similar to the standard replacement in that the normal retroactive behavior is overruled from the “calendar to correct” and forward. While the cross-validation of retroactive triggers still occurs (no method conflict among triggers allowed), other rules are abandoned. With replacement reversal corrections:

For a forwarding client this would develop as follows (in terms of balances and target calendar calculations):

 

1st Trigger

     

Target Calendar

 

January

February

March

April

Off-Cycle

 

v2r1

v2r1

v2r1

v2r1

 

E1 Old

10000

10000

10000

10000

 

Year-to-Date Old

10000

20000

30000

40000

 

E1 New

10000

0

10000

10000

0

Year-to-Date New

10000

10000

20000

30000

30000

Difference

 

10000

     

For a corrective client there is no principal difference between reversal – normal retroactive and reversal – forced replacement.

Note. The preceding examples include March and April as closed payrolls that have taken place between the corrected payroll and the actual correction taking place to illustrate the difference in the nature of the normal retroactive process and the forced replacement process (particularly for normally forwarding clients). The majority of the cases are likely to be corrections to the very last period paid – in this case April – and the difference in the behavior is generally negligible.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicPages Used to Correct Payroll Results

Page Name

Object Name

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Usage

Corrections

GP_OFFCYCLE_CORR

Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Absence and Payroll Processing, Off Cycle, Off Cycle Requests, Corrections

Enter instructions for processing payroll corrections.

Positive Input by Payee

GP_PI_MNL_ERNDED

  • Click the P.I. Calendar to Correct link on the Associated (Data) Links tab of the Corrections page.

  • Click the P.I. for Target Calendar link on the Associated (Data) Links tab of the Corrections page.

Enter positive input for the calendar with corrections needed.

Enter positive input for the target calendar.

This page is also used to enter unscheduled and advance payment instructions.

See Pages Used to Enter Instructions for Unscheduled Payments, Page Used to Enter Instructions for Advance Payments.

Payee / Calendar Overrides

GP_PYE_CAL_SOVR

Click the Supporting Element Overrides link on the Associated (Data) Links tab of the Corrections page.

Enter or review supporting element override information.

This page is also used to enter unscheduled payment instructions.

See Pages Used to Enter Instructions for Unscheduled Payments.

Retro

GP_TRIGGER_RTO

Click the Review Triggers link on the Associated (Data) Links tab of the Corrections page.

Enter or review retroactive trigger information.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicMaking Corrections

Access the Corrections page.

Employee ID

Enter the employee ID for whom you created the payment. The section will limit itself to payees (and jobs) that at one time or another were associated with the paygroup associated with the off-cycle group.

Empl Rcd Nbr (employee record number)

Select the job for which you created the payment.

Calendar To Correct

Select the finalized calendar that needs a correction made to it.

Type of Correction

Enter the type of correction. Valid values are: Normal Retro, Replacement, Reversal – Normal Retro, and Reversals – Replacement.

Note. When processing reversals you need to void the payment, which can be done using the Review Payments by Cal Group component after banking has been finalized. Or, for reconciliation purposes on the Manual Payment Reconciliation page. This is not an automatic process.

See Defining Banking Instructions, Reconciling Transactions Manually.

Processing Controls

Select the Processing Controls tab.

Select Stop Regular Resolution if applicable to this correction. If a Limited Element Set needs to be processed, enter it here.

Note. For Reversal - Normal Retro, the Stop Regular Resolution check box will be selected and unavailable for entry. In addition, the Limited Element Set field will be unavailable.

Associated Data (Links)

Select the Associated Data (Links) tab.

From this tab, you can click links to access the positive input pages for the corrected calendar and the target calendar. Also, you can access the Supporting Element Overrides page for the payee and calendar. You can click a link to view, edit, and add retroactive triggers.

Retro Triggers Exist (retroactive triggers exist)

If a retroactive trigger exists for this correction the check box will be selected. If the check box is cleared, you must manually create the trigger or make the correction to data that will cause the trigger to be generated.

Payment Method (Override)

Select the Payment Method (Override) tab.

Select the payment method for the correction.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicMaking Unscheduled Payments

This section provides an overview of unscheduled payments and discusses how to enter instructions for unscheduled payments.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUnderstanding Unscheduled Payments

Unscheduled payments are one-time payments that are processed outside of the normal processing cycle. Examples include a one-time bonus, an award, expense reimbursement, or rent paid for an employee's housing. These transactions are similar to manual payments in many respects, however the system calculates the amount for unscheduled payments based on the criteria that you enter.

Items and amounts paid with an unscheduled payment are typically entered as one-time positive input.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicPages Used to Enter Instructions for Unscheduled Payments

Page Name

Object Name

Navigation

Usage

Unscheduled Payments

GP_OFFCYCLE_UNSCHD

Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Absence and Payroll Processing, Off Cycle, Off Cycle Requests, Unscheduled Payments

Enter instructions for processing unscheduled payments.

Positive Input

GP_PI_MNL_ERNDED

Click the P.I. for Target Calendar link on the Associated (Data) Links tab of the Unscheduled Payments page.

Enter positive input for the target calendar.

Payee / Calendar Overrides

GP_PYE_CAL_SOVR

Click the Supporting Element Overrides button on the Associated (Data) Links tab of the Unscheduled Payments page.

Override the value of a bracket, date, duration, formula, or variable for a specific unscheduled payment.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicEntering Instructions for Unscheduled Payments

Access the Unscheduled Payments page.

Employee ID

Enter the employee ID for whom you created the payment. The section will limit itself to payees (and jobs) that at one time or another were associated with the paygroup associated with the off-cycle group.

Empl Rcd Nbr (employee record number)

Select the job for which you created the payment.

Select Pay Period (Calendar)

Select the source calendar. You can select from open or closed payroll calendars only.

Payment Date

The default value comes from the Intro page if a value was entered on that page.

Processing Controls

Select the Processing Controls tab.

Run Type

The run type identifies the process list to use during processing. The system displays the run type that's associated with the selected pay period (source) calendar, by default. To use a different run type, make a selection here.

If the elements to be resolved are not included in the process list that's associated with the selected source calendar, you can create a new process list and run type for the unscheduled payment and select the new run type here.

Stop Regular Resolution

Select if applicable for this unscheduled payment

Limited Element Set

Enter the limited element set here if needed for processing.

Note. To prevent regular earnings deductions from appearing on the unscheduled payment, you will probably want to select either Stop Regular Resolution or enter a Limited Element Set field value.

Associated Data (Links)

Select the Associated Data (Links) tab.

P.I. For Target Calendar (positive input for target calendar)

Click to access the Positive Input page where you can enter positive input for the target calendar. The system generates a target calendar based on the target period ID. The calendar name consists of the target period ID plus a four-digit sequence number for the transaction. (You cannot access the calendar through the Calendar component, however the system stores data for the calendar in the results table.)

Supporting Element Overrides

Click the detail button to access the Payee / Calendar Overrides page, where you can override the value of a bracket, date, duration, formula, or variable for a specific unscheduled payment.

Payment Keys

Select the Payment Keys tab.

This tab is identical to the Payment Keys tab on the Manual Payments page. You can override the values of any payment keys that have been defined for the pay entity that is associated with the paygroup.

See Recording Manual Payments.

Payment Method (Override)

Select the Payment Method (Override) tab.

You can override the default payment method that is displayed on this tab. The default value comes from the Intro page.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicProcessing Advances

This section provides an overview of advances and discusses how to enter instructions for advances.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUnderstanding Advances

Advance processing is the processing of on-cycle calendars ahead of their regular schedule. Examples include payments for early termination or a full or partial period advance.

Note. The advance on-cycle calendars are processed individually exactly like they would have been within their scheduled run. The only difference is the timing. For lump-sum payments, create an unscheduled payment; not an advance payment.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicPage Used to Enter Instructions for Advance Payments

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Advance Payrolls

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Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Absence and Payroll Processing, Off Cycle, Off Cycle Requests, Advance Payrolls

Enter instructions for processing an advance payment.

Adjust Absence Balances

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  • Click the Absence Entitlement Adjustment link on the Associated Data (Links) tab of the Advance Payrolls page.

  • Click the Absence Entitlement link on the Advance Payrolls page.

Adjust entitlement balances.

Positive Input

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Click the Earning / Deduction Overrides link on the Associated Data (Links) tab of the Advance Payrolls page.

Override earnings and deductions.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicEntering Instructions for Advance Payments

Access the Advance Payrolls page.

Note. The system will not process more than one advance for the same calendar group and person within the same off cycle run.  If you need to advance smaller fractions of the same pay period (such as, the 1st through the 5th and the 10th through 11th) at the same time, you must set up two different requests and process each in a separate run. 

In addition, if two advances are set up for the same payee and calendar group in two different off cycle requests, and you attempt to process these together in the same run, the system issues a warning that informs you the duplicate was discovered and that all but one request will be ignored. You can ignore the warning and proceed, or go back and modify the request before processing.

List Payees and the Calendar Groups to Advance

Employee ID

Enter the employee ID for whom you created the payment. The section will limit itself to payees (and jobs) that at one time or another were associated with the paygroup associated with the off-cycle group.

Empl Rcd Nbr (employee record number)

Select the job for which you created the payment.

Calendar Group ID

Select the unfinalized calendar group that is associated with the paygroup. In the Calendars grid, the system lists, in the defined processing order, all calendars that are associated with the selected calendar group.

Overrides Exist

This check box is automatically selected if there are payee calendar overrides for the calendar group.

View Payee Calendar Overrides

Click to access the Payee Calendar Override (GP_PYE_RUN) component. You can view or modify overrides here. The system respects all payee calendar overrides when processing the advance payment, including overrides to prevent the processing of calendars.

See Recording Manual Payments.

Payment Date

You can override the default payment date for each calendar in the calendar group.

Processing Controls

Select the Processing Controls tab.

Calculate From Date and Calculate Thru Date

To issue a payment for a partial period, enter the begin and end dates for the period of time to be paid. Entering dates here causes period segmentation to occur during the off-cycle run, without the presence of a segmentation trigger. (Segmentation triggers would affect both on- and off-cycle transactions, which is not a desirable outcome. As an example, if you're paying a 10-day salary advance, there's no reason to segment a payee's bonus payment or absence data for the same period.)

To avoid unintentional duplicate payments, whenever from and through dates are defined for a calendar, subsequent processes will review the segments to ensure that new segments do not cover the same period of time for the same calendar. This rules applies whether or not the run type allows duplicates for the calendar period.

Associated Data (Links)

Select the Associated Data (Links) tab.

Absence Entitlement Adjustment

Click to access the Adjust Absence Balances page where you can adjust entitlement balances.

Earning / Deduction Overrides

Click to access the Positive Input page, where you can override earnings and deductions.

Payment Method (Override)

Select the Payment Method (Override) tab.

On this tab, you can override the default payment method for the payroll calendars.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicViewing Results of Off-Cycle Processing

To view the results of an off-cycle run you can:

The last two items are covered in the payroll processing chapter.

See Also

Viewing Results by Calendar

Viewing Payee Messages