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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Concept: Combined Payslips (USA)

Concept: Combined Payslips (USA)

Workday enables you to combine payslips for workers who hold positions at 2 or more related companies. Combining payslips for these workers simplifies how they view their multiple gross-to-net earnings and helps support company relationships.
Selecting the
Combine Payslips
rule type under the
Maintain Payroll Payslip Configuration
task enables you to combine payroll results for workers who hold positions at multiple related companies. For their results to combine, these workers must be in the same pay group with the same:
  • Country
  • Currency
  • Period schedule
Complete their payroll results before the day that you have payslips set to display for their pay group.
When you select the
Combine Payslips
rule, Workday:
  • Displays the header company name in the company information section.
  • Combines the worker's payroll results in these payslip sections:
    • Absence Plans
    • Current and YTD Total
    • Earnings with the same rates
    • Employee Taxes
    • Pre-tax Deductions
    • Post-tax Deductions
    • Taxable Wages
  • When the worker's tax elections are identical across related companies, displays them in the Withholding section. When a worker's tax elections aren't identical, Workday displays Multiple Elections Exist in the Withholding section.

Example

Molly works for both Green Planet Solutions and Global Modern Services and belongs to the same pay group in both companies. Molly receives 2 separate payslips that display earnings from each company.
Green Planet Solutions
Description
Dates
Hours
Rate
Amount
YTD
Base Pay
01/01/2022 - 01/31/2022
0.00
0.00
4,800.00
4,800.00
Holiday Pay
01/01/2022 - 01/31/2022
8.00
30.00
240.00
240.00
Global Modern Services
Description
Dates
Hours
Rate
Amount
YTD
Base Pay
01/01/2022 - 01/31/2022
0.00
0.00
4300.00
4,300.00
Holiday Pay
01/01/2022 - 01/31/2022
8.00
25.00
200.00
200.00
As payroll admin, you decide to combine payslips for workers at Green Planet Solutions and workers at the subsidiary, Global Modern Services. During the next pay period, Molly earns the same amount of base pay and holiday pay from both jobs. They receive a single payslip that combines earnings with the same rate.
Green Planet Solutions
Description
Dates
Hours
Rate
Amount
YTD
Base Pay
02/01/2022 - 02/28/2022
0.00
0.00
9,100.00
18,200.00
Holiday Pay
02/01/2022 - 02/28/2022
8.00
30.00
240.00
Holiday Pay
02/01/2022 - 02/28/2022
8.00
25.00
200.00
880.00
As a salaried employee at both companies, Molly's hourly rate is zero. The amount and YTD totals for base pay combine across the 2 positions. The amounts for holiday pay don't combine because of the different rates. However the YTD total is the combined total for all the holiday pay between both pay periods. Molly's payslip displays Green Planet Solutions in the company information section because that's the designated header company.