Run your first payroll

From employees to an approved run with payslips — the Run → Review → Approve lifecycle.

Make sure each employee is active and assigned a **salary structure** (on the employee's **Compensation** tab). Then open **Payroll → Run payroll**.

The page shows live preview tiles (employees, gross, PAYE, net) and a **Pre-run checks** card that flags anomalies — a missing bank account, a zero net, an unusually large change. These are advisory; resolve the high-severity ones first. Click **▶ Run payroll** for the open period.

A draft run appears. Review the **payslips** and the **variance report**, then click **Approve & lock**. Approval locks the period and makes the figures final — and the person who ran payroll shouldn't be the one who approves it (that separation is built in). From there you can create the payment batch and generate remittances.

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