About the standard regular run

Add a New Employee to an Already-Open Pay Run

Go to the open pay run. Find the pull-down menu next to the Update button, and click it to open it.  Look for the button called Add employee. This shows ...

Modified on: Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 10:18 AM

Adding a Fixed Data Change to an Open Pay Run

Open the pay run. Change the data by going to the employee dashboard and adding a wage code or turning an option on. Go back to the open run and click th...

Modified on: Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 10:52 AM

How to Reopen a Closed Pay Run

Go to Process in the menu. Select Progress & History. Move your mouse over the pay run you want to reopen. A green Reopen pay run button will appear....

Modified on: Tue, 1 Sep, 2026 at 1:24 PM

Why can't I finalize my open pay run?

Check what type of user you are logged in as. If you are logged in as a Company user or a Business user, this is likely why. These types of users only have...

Modified on: Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 11:09 AM

Removing an Open Pay Run

Click on the Process tab. Find the line that shows the open pay run you want to remove. Move your mouse over that line (hover, don't click yet). A re...

Modified on: Mon, 24 Aug, 2026 at 12:17 PM

How does Celery process entry into/leaving employment?

Celery automatically notices if an employee starts or stops working partway through a pay period. This is usually added in the employment details. Whe...

Modified on: Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 11:41 AM

What "Process as Nil" Does in Payroll

When you select "Process as Nil" for an employee, that employee is taken out of the current payroll run. This tells the system the employee sh...

Modified on: Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 11:53 AM

Why the "Process" Button Is Grey

Check if you have any open invoices that are older than 30 days. In account under Account Information. Note: Our payment term is 14 days, so an invoice o...

Modified on: Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 12:07 PM

What "Process Later" Does for an Employee

Open the payroll run you are working on. Find the employee whose pay you want to handle differently, and select Process Later for that person. What h...

Modified on: Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 12:16 PM

How to Add a One-Time Tax-Free Expense Allowance to a Pay Slip

In the system, find wage code 410, called "expense allowance." This code is special: the money you enter under it will not be taxed, and no socia...

Modified on: Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 12:23 PM

Pay Out Vacation Days On Top Of Hours Worked

You need to create a new wage code for this. Duplicate wage code 25 to create your new wage code. Set the new wage code at 100% of the hourly wage. ...

Modified on: Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 12:31 PM

Finalizing a Pay Run After Approving Pay Slips

After approving all the pay slips, click the green Next button at the bottom of your screen. On the next screen, click Finalize to close the pay run. ...

Modified on: Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 12:58 PM

Change Notification Dates for Closed Pay Runs

Go to Process. Click Reopen pay runs. Find and reopen the pay run you want to change. Change the notification dates for the email notifications. Clo...

Modified on: Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 1:28 PM

Is there a way to change the fixed regular hours in an open pay run, without using absence hour codes and without switching the employee to hourly pay?

No. If an employee has a fixed number of regular hours entered, that number will always flow into the pay run as-is — it cannot be overridden there. That...

Modified on: Mon, 24 Aug, 2026 at 12:06 PM

Register Cost Centers for Closed Pay Runs

Find the employees who worked in the closed (already processed) pay runs but do not yet have a Cost center connected to them. Add the correct Cost center(...

Modified on: Mon, 24 Aug, 2026 at 12:12 PM

How to Remove a Closed Pay Run

Click on Process. Click on Progress & history. Find the pay run you want to remove, and click on it to select it. On the right side of your screen, ...

Modified on: Mon, 24 Aug, 2026 at 12:21 PM

Removing a Pay Run Cannot Be Undone

If you removed a pay run and typed in "Confirm" to confirm it, the pay run is now permanently deleted. There is no backup to reinstall. Once a p...

Modified on: Mon, 24 Aug, 2026 at 12:35 PM

Refunding Pension Premium to an Employee

Do not just enter a refund using the standard pension codes 580 and 590 set to "fixed amounts" if the refund includes premium from previous years...

Modified on: Mon, 24 Aug, 2026 at 12:43 PM

How to add hourly-paid employees

Some employees don't get a fixed monthly salary. They get paid by the hour. This is common for: On-call workers Zero-hour contract workers Step 1:...

Modified on: Tue, 1 Sep, 2026 at 10:33 AM

Why isn't the employee contribution deducted from net pay?

Wage codes like 500–520 only lower the taxable fringe benefit. They don't take money out of the employee's take-home pay. If you also want the con...

Modified on: Tue, 1 Sep, 2026 at 12:46 PM

I can't enter worked hours during Processing. What's wrong?

You probably created an Additional Run instead of a Regular Run. A Regular Run is for normal pay slips — this is where you enter regular worked hours. ...

Modified on: Tue, 1 Sep, 2026 at 12:52 PM

How do I remove an employee from an open or closed payroll run?

The steps depend on where the payroll run is right now. If the payroll run is still open: Go to Process. Find the employee. Select Process later. ...

Modified on: Tue, 1 Sep, 2026 at 1:09 PM

Can I pay one or more employees earlier than the rest?

Yes, you can pay some employees earlier than the rest. Let's say most of your team gets paid later this month, but one or two people need their money s...

Modified on: Tue, 1 Sep, 2026 at 1:45 PM

I removed a second payroll run, but now I can't see the documents from the first payroll run I already processed. Why?

When you process a payroll run, Celery automatically archives the documents from the payroll run before it. That's why the documents from your first pay...

Modified on: Tue, 1 Sep, 2026 at 1:55 PM

Can I add a text to the salary specification?

Yes, you can. In Celery, you can add a text message to salary specifications. Here's how it works: When you finish a payroll run, you'll get the...

Modified on: Thu, 3 Sep, 2026 at 9:01 AM

An employee goes out of service, what do I have to do to make a good final settlement incl. vacation hours?

Below we indicate a standard number of steps. It is possible that more steps have to be taken in your company. When the employee is processed in this wa...

Modified on: Fri, 6 Mar, 2020 at 11:59 AM

I have an employee in my pay run that should not be processed and paid, what must I do?

The most important question is: 1) Do you still want to process this period for this employee but later? 2) Or do you want to skip this pay period for thi...

Modified on: Fri, 14 Jun, 2019 at 1:31 PM

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