The payroll program is run at a specific point in time, not only to calculate an employee’s basic remuneration but also any special payments, overtime payments or bonuses that must be effected for the period in question. Prerequisites before you start this process, you have to specify for which payroll area(s) payroll should be run. You have the following options: · From the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Human Resources ® Payroll ® ® Settings ® Set Payroll Area. · When Releasing the Payroll Run [Page 16] specify for which payroll area the payroll should be run.

If you want to execute a payroll run for several payroll areas at the same time, you must release each payroll area individually- release individually [Page 17]. If you do not want to perform payroll for an employee, you must use the Lock Personnel Number [Page 10] function. Before you start the payroll run for all employees, you can run a Payroll Simulation [Page 11] for individual employees. Process Flow The status of the Payroll Control Record [Page 8] is automatically updated with every step that is carried out during payroll. 1. You release one or several Payroll Areas [Ext.] for payroll.

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