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Last Updated: 2025-09-19
Adjust Payment Priorities for Off-Cycle Payments

Adjust Payment Priorities for Off-Cycle Payments

Security:
Reports: Pay Calculation Results for Pay Group (Results)
 domain in the Core Payroll functional area.
Workers can have multiple off-cycle payment types in the same period or subperiod and pay group. Only 1 payment for each worker can have the
In Progress
 status at a time.
Workday processes payments based on the payment type and the priority:
  • Workday processes manual payments first, then reversals, then on-demand payments.
    Payroll for Ireland doesn't support payment reversals, and only supports on-demand additional payments.
  • When a worker has multiple manual or on-demand payments, Workday uses the priority to determine the processing order.
You can change the priority for off-cycle payments:
  • Uploaded in a batch.
  • Created with the
    Run On Demand Payment for Worker
     or
    Run Manual Payment for Worker
     task.
  1. Access the
    Maintain Off-cycle Payment Priority
     task.
  2. Search for off-cycle payments by worker.
  3. In the
    Off-cycle Payments
     grid, change the
    Priority
     field.
    1
     is the highest priority.
When you change a priority of an off-cycle payment that has results, Workday resets the calculation status to
Requires Re-calculation
.
To process an on-demand replacement payment before a bonus, set these values on the
Maintain Off-cycle Payment Priority
 task:
Payment
Priority
Replacement
1
Bonus
2
Calculate off-cycle payments.