How to set the payroll frequency

How to set the payroll frequency#

For: Admin You’ll need: A role that covers the whole company and may edit company settings — Owner and Admin can.

You’ll tell Shiftavo how often you run payroll. The setting drives how payroll periods are sliced in reports and exports.

Open the company settings#

  1. Open the account menu (top-right) and click ‘Settings’.

  2. In the right column, find the ‘Payroll’ section.

Choose the frequency#

  1. Open the ‘Payroll frequency’ dropdown.

  2. Choose:

    • ‘Weekly’ — one period per week.

    • ‘Bi-weekly’ — one period per two weeks.

    • ‘Monthly’ — one period per calendar month.

(Bi-weekly only) Set the anchor date#

If you chose ‘Bi-weekly’, an extra field appears.

  1. In the ‘Payroll anchor date’ field, pick any date inside one of your bi-weekly periods.

  2. Shiftavo uses this as the reference point and walks forward and back in 14-day steps.

Save#

Click ‘Save’.

Worked example#

You pay every other Friday and the open cycle began Monday 2 March. Set ‘Payroll frequency’ to ‘Bi-weekly’ and ‘Payroll anchor date’ to 2 March — the cycles run 2–15 March, 16–29 March, and so on. An anchor of 9 March would shift every cycle by a week.

Verify it worked#

Open Payroll summary. Periods should align with your chosen frequency (and, for bi-weekly, with your anchor date).