Whether it's due to a holiday, a closure, or any other reason, you may need to access payroll data earlier than usual. In these situations, your employees' timesheets will be incomplete, so you'll need to transmit actual data as well as an anticipated portion.
There are two ways to make an advance payroll.
Payroll export with manual entry into your payroll software
The first option is to export your payroll as you normally do, leaving any missing days.
You can then complete the missing days manually in your payroll software.
Here's how to do it:
Go to Schedule > Attendance.
Finalize the pay period.
Click Export payroll and run the payroll as usual.
You'll need to enter the scheduled hours into your payroll software manually, assuming that these will be the hours actually worked.
Once the payroll is complete, reopen your pay period to allow your employees to clock in and out on as they normally would.
Doing so will let you compare hours paid in advance with hours clocked in, and make adjustments to the next payroll if necessary.
Enter missing time entries manually
The second option is to manually complete the missing time entries on your employees' timesheets based on the scheduled hours.
Here's how to do it:
Click on the day of your choice.
Click on apply for planned hours.
When all employees' time entries have been added manually, you can export the payroll as usual.
Once payroll is finished, you must go back to the time entries and delete any manual time entries you added.
Employees will clock in and out as they regularly do, which will give you access to actual worked hours for future readjustment.
Note: If you don't want your employees to clock in, simply keep the time entries you've created manually. You will, however, be unable to validate the difference between scheduled (paid) hours and hours worked.