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View and Issue Salary Advance.

A Step-by-step guide on how an admin can issue salary advances to employees via Workpay.

Updated over 2 months ago

A salary advance can either be created by the admin or requested by the employee. The only salary advance that will be deducted from the employee's payroll is the one that is approved, paid, and active within the period in which that payroll is generated.

To view salary advance:

  • Go to Payroll>>Salary Advances

  • Search for an employee or select the status you want to view, e.g., submitted, approved

To create a new salary advance:

On the page above, click “Edit Limit” then set the Limit type to either a percentage of Basic salary or a fixed Amount then save.

  • Click on Issue Advance.

  • Select “Employee”

  • Select "Date of Issue"

  • Enter the “Amount”.

  • Add Notes(Default is " 'X' month salary advance")

  • Click SAVE.

Edit Salary Advance

  • Go to payroll>>salary advances

  • Search for the employee

  • Click the three dots at the far right

  • Select “Edit”

  • Change respective field values

  • Then click “Save Changes”.

Approve Salary Advance

  • Go to payroll>>salary advances

  • Search for the employee

  • Click the three dots at the far right

  • Select “Approve”

  • Then click “Approve”

How to pay or Mark as Paid Salary Advances

  • Go to Payroll>>salary advances

  • Click on the three dots on the list under "APPROVED" and select "mark as paid."

  • Click on the three dots on the list under "APPROVED" and select "pay" (for those with payouts activated).

Reject Salary Advance

  • Go to payroll>>salary advances

  • Click on the three dots at the far right

  • Select “Disapprove”

  • Enter the reason for disapproving of the salary advance

  • Then click “Disapprove”.

NOTE: For a salary advance to appear on payroll, the salary advance has to be approved and paid.

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