If you’ve missed the 430PM EST approval deadline, your pay date and approval date will show in red:
To pay employees by direct deposit:
Change the pay date
If the payroll hasn’t been finalized, you’ll see a prompt to update the pay date. This allows you to continue using direct deposit.
To change the pay date:
Go to Payroll > Pay runs
Locate the pay run row
Click Set new pay date
Select a new date and click Save
The system will adjust the:
Pay date
Approval deadline (3 business days before the new date)
You can proceed with approving payroll
To pay employees on the original pay date:
Issue manual payments
If you want to maintain the same pay date after you’ve missed the original approval deadline, you can issue employee net payments by cheque or EFT outside of the system
You’ll still need to advance the pay date, but manage paying employees yourself
Change each employee to Pay Manually
Approve payroll and issue net payments outside of the system
Statutory deductions will be still debited from your account and remitted to the CRA