How To: Setup a Payroll Alert on an Employee

How To: Setup a Payroll Alert on an Employee

Payroll Alerts can be used to insert payroll reminders on a specific employee record that will populate as an alert during the Payroll Prep Process
Navigate to the Payroll Alerts section on the Employee Profile 


Click Add and select the Payrolls to Notify and create the alert for:


  1. All: Alert will create on all future payrolls 
  2. All After:  Alert will create on payroll after the date entered (based on check date) 
  3. All Until:  Alert will create on payroll until the date entered (based on check date) 
  4. Next X Payroll: Alert will create for a set number of payrolls in the future.  To create the alert on only the next payroll, select 1
  5. Specific Date: All After:  Alert will create for date entered (based on check date).  *The date entered must be the actual and specific check date.  If the check date is adjusted for a holiday or weekend, this date must match the payroll date.  
Enter the Label and Alert message 


The label and message will appear here on the payroll alert during the payroll processing steps.  This alert will need to be marked complete in order for the payroll to be finalized. 








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