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Last Updated: 2024-12-13
Checklist: Review Pay Component Setup

Checklist: Review Pay Component Setup

This topic provides a checklist that you can use to help you process payroll efficiently after you create new pay components.
Make sure you
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Add the new pay component or the new pay component group to the run category.
Add the new pay component group to the payslip configuration if you want the pay component to be visible on payslips.
For Payroll for Australia, Canada, the UK, and the U.S., seeDefine Payslips.
For Payroll for France, see Define Payslips (FRA).
Add the new pay component to the account posting rules set.
Set deduction priorities, net pay validations, and arrears if the deduction impacts the employee pay.
Consider if the new pay component requires a tax authority exception. (CAN, USA)
Consider if the new pay component needs requires year-end mapping. (CAN, UK, USA)
Consider impacts to systems outside Workday, such as integrations or accounting system that needs to be updated.
Consider impacts to reports or calculation fields whether you'd need to include or exclude the new pay component. Example: You build a custom report to view specific earnings or deductions, consider if the new pay component needs to be added to the report definition.
Add the appropriate pay component if you're using pay component segment security.