# How to change an employee's pay period frequency

KB146

### Overview

It is common to need to change an employee’s pay period, for example, from being paid weekly to being paid fortnightly. Common questions arise surrounding leave entitlements, pay rates and tax rates. This is all handled very simply in Accentis Enterprise.

### Changing the pay frequency

1. Ensure that you have set up the new frequency you need if it does not already exist (Payroll > Setup > Pay frequencies)
2. Go to the employee file and Edit
3. Set the employee’s Pay frequency (on the Pay Details tab)
4. Update
5. Make some notes (CTRL-SHIFT-M to add memo so that you recall what was done)

Be careful on the next pay run to ensure that the Pay From date is the day after the employee’s last Pay To date to ensure that they are taxed and paid correctly. If your frequencies do not properly align to the same ending day, then their first pay may be only part of a full pay run period.

This process will not affect the employee’s accrued leave or hourly rate of pay

Reprinting past payslips will show the employee’s current pay frequency

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Last edit 15/12/20