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Employment Details: Contract Status

In Celery, every employee has a contract status. This shows where the employee stands in their employment. You set this status on the employee's contrac...

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About departments

What is a department? A department is a part of your company in Celery. It does not have to match a cost center. (A cost center is a different way of group...

Modified on: Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 at 12:54 PM

About General Ledger (GL) Accounts and Numbers

Celery comes with more than 70 general ledger accounts already set up. Every wage code is already linked to a general ledger number. This means that after ...

Modified on: Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 at 1:15 PM

Grossing-up in Celery

Grossing-up means calculating how much gross salary is needed to pay out a specific net amount. So you start with the amount the employee should receive, an...

Modified on: Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 at 1:57 PM

About the mutation sheet (linking)

What is linking in Celery? Every month you have changes for your employees. Think of worked hours, overtime, sick hours, or a one-time bonus. We call these...

Modified on: Tue, 4 Aug, 2026 at 1:01 PM

Importing a mutation sheet

Before you start Before you can import the standard mutation sheet, you need to link this template in Celery first. Not sure how to do that? Here's a ...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 10:13 AM

How to switch to a different financial year

Go to the employer tab and change the year there. A few things to know first: You can switch to a past year, or to next year (if it's already open)....

Modified on: Tue, 18 Aug, 2026 at 1:36 PM

Bulk edit: step by step

How to edit many employees at once Check the box next to each employee you want to change (or check the box to select everyone). A button called Bulk Edit...

Modified on: Tue, 18 Aug, 2026 at 1:52 PM

About cost centers

What is a cost center? A cost center is a way to group employees for accounting — separate from their department. In Celery, one employee can only have one...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 10:46 AM

About wage codes

A wage code is a label for each type of pay, like salary, overtime, or a bonus. Celery uses these codes to build the payslip. Celery comes with more than ...

Modified on: Fri, 7 Aug, 2026 at 3:13 PM

About Bank Payments

Regular Salary Payment You can set up an employee's regular pay in their employee details, under "Salary." Here's what to do: Go to...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 12:13 PM

Using Foreign Currencies in Celery

Celery lets you add extra currencies on top of your main currency. You can add as many as you need. Once set up, you can run many reports in the currency...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 9:49 AM

About pension

You can process pension premiums in Celery. Here's what you need to know: The pension premium is based on the salary. Sometimes the yearly base is 12....

Modified on: Fri, 7 Aug, 2026 at 3:10 PM

What Documents Employees Can See When They Log In

Here's what employees can see when they log in: Employees only see their own pay slips (the paper or file that shows how much they earned and what was...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 9:29 AM

How does the Document Center work?

The Document Center is where you find all your payroll paperwork in one place. Go to the "Documents" menu item to find it. Every payroll run, C...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 12:25 PM

What does the "personal contribution" field do for things like a company car or phone?

Sometimes an employee pays some money out of their own pocket for a perk like a company car, phone, or house. When that happens, you enter that amount in th...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 12:32 PM

Two groups, different pay periods - how to fix the dates on pay slips

Good news: this is easy to fix. Here's what to do. The idea: Set up a separate "payment schedule" for each group. A payment schedule is ju...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 12:50 PM

Can You Choose Which Blog Articles Show in the Dashboard?

You cannot choose this yourself. Right now, there is no setting that lets you pick which blog articles show up in an employee's Dashboard. Celery cont...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Registering Vacation Days: Days or Hours?

Check which Celery module you use: Payroll or HRM. If you use the Payroll module: you can choose how vacation days are registered. Go to the settings wher...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 1:19 PM

Round Net Pay to Whole Numbers

Go to the employee's profile. Click Salary. Find the Payment section. Look for the rounding option. Here you can choose how the net pay should be ro...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 1:25 PM

Bank Account Prefixes for CMB, MCB and WIB Payment Files

You do not need to type "DDA" or "SAV" in front of a bank account number yourself. Celery adds this automatically, based on the accoun...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 1:04 PM

Checking Employee Account Status

To check one employee: Go to the employee's Employee Details page. Look for the account status shown there. This tells you the current status of that ...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 1:36 PM

How to Add a Back Payment or Advance Payment to a Pay Slip

Find wage code 410 in the system. This is a special code that does not get taxed and does not show up in the "untaxed allowances" section of the ...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 1:50 PM

Setting Up a Payment Schedule

A payment schedule tells the system how often an employee gets paid. It can be weekly, bi-weekly, twice a month, or monthly. To create a new payment sched...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 2:00 PM

Why don't my salary journal and general ledger codes change language when I switch language?

Short answer: they get "locked in" on purpose, so nothing gets messed up by accident. Here's what happens: When you first set up a new emp...

Modified on: Tue, 18 Aug, 2026 at 1:23 PM

Why documents stay in the old language after a language change

Documents are created in whatever language was selected at the moment they were generated. If you change the language after documents were already made, t...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 2:10 PM

Supervisory Director Employee Category

This category is called "Supervisory Director". You can only select it for employees in a Suriname payroll. It does not appear for other coun...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 2:18 PM

How Hours Are Calculated on the C24 - SVB Employee Mutation Form (Curaçao)

Find the employee's payment schedule. It will be one of these four: Monthly, Bi-weekly, Half a month, or Quarter. Find the hours worked on Wage Code-1...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 2:26 PM

How to Register Vacation Days/Hours

Before you start The payroll module only counts vacation days or hours. It does not handle leave requests or approvals. Need full leave tracking? Use ...

Modified on: Thu, 20 Aug, 2026 at 2:37 PM

Editing Fixed Wage Codes in Bulk

Getting started Click the "Employee" tab. Click "Fixed wage codes". Choose whether you want to export (download the current wage...

Modified on: Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 9:42 AM

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