A Guide to Payroll Payment Status in Workwisely | HRMS

Payment Status

PAYROLL ADMINISTRATION · SALARY PAYSLIP GENERATION

Payment Status

Track whether payroll payments have been disbursed, queued, or failed — and resolve exceptions before the cycle closes.

Monitoring
👥 WHO USES THIS
Payroll admins monitoring disbursement
Finance ops resolving bank file rejections
✨ WHAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE
Per-employee payment state: queued, paid, or failed
Exception list with retry actions
Bank file status and timestamps
👥 WHO USES THIS
Payroll admins executing the monthly run
Ops teams monitoring processing status
✨ WHAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE
Real-time processing progress and error flags
Per-employee calculated payslip preview
Exportable outputs for finance and banking

The application offers various payment statuses to help manage and update employee payment workflows efficiently.

Steps to update Payment StatusThe application offers various payment statuses to help manage and update employee payment workflows efficiently.

Steps to update Payment Status

  • Navigate to Payroll → Salary Payslip

  • Select the employee payslip records, or filter by the payroll month.

  • Select Check All button (if required) and click the Update Payment Status button.

  • Perform the respective action as per the selected status.

1. Yet to Finalize

The "Yet to Finalize" status is used to indicate that a specific action or process related to payroll is still pending and requires further review or input before it can be finalized.

2. Approve & Release
This status is used to approve and release an employee's salary. It indicates that the salary or payment has been reviewed, approved, and is ready for disbursement. Once the status is set to "Approve & Release," the employee can access their payslip for the respective month through the Employee Self-Service (ESS) portal.

3.Unpaid & Paid

Once the payment status is updated to "Approve & Release," it will change to "Unpaid." After the salary has been released, the user can then update the payment status to "Paid." indicates that the salary has been successfully paid to the employee. 

4. Withhold Salary

The "Withhold Salary" status indicates a temporary hold or pause in the processing of an employee's salary.

5. Revert Salary Withhold

The "Revert Salary Withhold" status is used to reverse the withholding of an employee's salary. This status is applied when the reason for withholding the salary has been resolved or no longer applies, allowing the salary to be processed for disbursement.

6. Revert Payment

This status is applied when there is a need to correct, cancel, or adjust a payment after it has been disbursed, due to reasons such as errors in the payment amount, calculation discrepancies, or changes in employee data.



Fig: Update Payment Status


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