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How To Edit Pay Periods

Need to update your company's pay schedule? Here's how to do it in just a few steps!

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Written by Yesenia Quintana
Updated over 3 weeks ago

Access Pay Period Settings

  1. Log in at workyard.com

  2. Hover over the gear icon on the left-hand menu

  3. Under Time click Pay Periods

You’ll see a list of your current and past pay period configurations.


Edit an Existing Pay Period

If something’s incorrect:

  1. Locate the pay period you want to update

  2. Click the (pencil) icon on the right

  3. Make your edits (frequency, start day, time zone, etc.)

  4. Hit Save

Changing an existing period affects future time card grouping only. Overtime on past time cards won’t auto-update. Contact us if you need those recalculated.


Create a New Pay Period

Switching from weekly to bi-weekly (or another frequency)?

  1. Click the teal + Create button

  2. Fill in the new cycle details

  3. Set the Effective From date

  4. Save — you're all set!

Old periods remain for reference, and new cycles apply moving forward.


Optional Setting

You can enable the toggle:
“Split time cards that cross pay periods”
This will automatically divide any time card that spans two periods.


FAQs

Who can make changes?
Only users with the Administrator role can edit or create pay periods.

Will changes affect old time cards?
Only future cards are impacted. Past overtime rules won’t change unless we help you manually.


Still have questions?

We’re here to help!
Message us anytime using the Help icon in Workyard or email us at help@workyard.com.

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