Employers can now run more than one pay frequency in a single company. Weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, and monthly schedules can run side by side, so hourly and salaried workers, or teams in different states, no longer have to share one cycle. 1099 contractors continue to run on their own separate schedules.
Why pay frequency matters
Pay frequency sits under everything else in payroll. It sets how overtime is counted, when deductions come out, when taxes are filed, how PTO accrues, and when a paycheck lands. Change a schedule, and all of that moves with it.
How it works
- Create a schedule. Give it a name, pick how often it pays, and decide who is on it. You can build a rule using conditions like employment type, overtime eligibility, work state, department, and your own custom fields. A live count shows how many people match as you build it. Or skip the rule and pick people straight from the directory.
- Keep a default. Every company keeps one default schedule. It's a catch-all, so no employee is ever left without a pay cycle.
- Assign new hires. When someone joins, the hire flow lists every schedule and shows whether that person fits each rule. Schedules with no rule are open, so anyone can be assigned to them directly.
- Catch moves automatically. If an existing employee changes department, state, or role and now fits a different schedule, Niural flags it. The employer confirms the move.
- Resolve conflicts. If someone fits more than one schedule, a conflict resolution screen shows which schedules clash, why Niural flagged it, the exact dates affected, and what Niural will do with those dates in payroll. The employer picks the schedule.
- See the impact first. Employers can move employees between schedules, resolve assignment conflicts, and view the impact of each move from the platform.
No more transition payrolls
The biggest change in this release sits in the underlying system: retroactive payments can now be processed within a regular payroll run.
Previously, every schedule change required a separate transition payroll to settle gap or overlap days. That run is gone. Employers pick the new schedule, and Niural settles any extra or missing days in the next regular run.
- Overlapping or missing timesheet days are sorted out.
- PTO accruals are recalculated for the new cycle.
- The workweek start date is set on the schedule and stays fixed, so overtime is counted the same way before and after the move.
- Retro payments appear on the payroll screen, where employers can review and update them before the run is submitted.
Timesheets across every schedule
Timesheets used to be viewed one schedule at a time. Employers can now see entries across all of their schedules in one place. Where a change or an overlap affects an entry, Niural flags it and shows exactly how the time should be entered and how many days have already been paid, so the same day is never paid twice or missed.
Employees hear it first
When someone's schedule changes, Niural tells them directly. They see it on their side instead of finding out on a payslip.
Already on Niural?
Nothing changes until you want it to. Your current schedule carries over as the default, and everyone stays on it until you create a second one.
