How To: Setup Employee with Salary Autopay

How To: Setup Employee with Salary Autopay

In order for a salary employee to be automatically paid a salary amount each pay period, the Autopay settings will need to be enabled. 
Navigate to the Employee Profile > Base Compensation > Current Compensation 
Select View/Edit under Actions 

The Amount Earning Autopay must contain an earning code to be paid to the employee each payroll.  This will generally be the Regular or Salary earning code, but any earning code can be selected to appear in this list.  If you need additional options in this list, contact AtlasHR.


The Autopay Type must be selected: 
  1. Hours-will automatically enter a set number of hours.
  2. Amount-will automatically pay a specific amount, no hours will be recorded.
  3. Both-will automatically pay a specific amount and record a set number of hours.


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