Configure Date Offsets for Payroll Elections

Dayforce Implementation Guide
Version
R2025.1.1
Configure Date Offsets for Payroll Elections

In the Payroll Mapping tab of Benefits Setup > Plans and Options for health and life and disability plans, you can configure the payroll election start and end date offsets for eligible employees' benefit elections. You can configure the start and end date offsets for employee and employer elections.

Note the following:

  • When the configured date offsets apply to employee or employer elections, the change applies to deductions and earnings assigned in the following sections:
    • Employee Cost/Contribution
    • Employer Cost/Contribution
  • The payroll election date offsets don’t apply to any payroll mapping that uses the same deduction or earning in both the Employee Cost/Contribution and Employer Cost/Contribution sections.
  • If an employee qualifies for multiple start date or end date offsets under the same employee or employer election, those offsets don’t apply unless all qualifying offsets follow the same rule.

Dayforce shows the changed start and end dates for payroll elections in the Payroll > Payroll Elections screen in People.

To configure date offsets for payroll elections:

  1. Go to Benefits Setup > Plans and Options.
  2. In the left sidebar, click the plan and then click the Payroll Mapping tab.
  3. In the Payroll Election Date Offset section, click Add.
  4. Select Employee Elections or Employer Elections to specify the elections to offset.
  5. Select Start Date or End Date to specify the date to offset.
  6. In the Date Offset drop-down list, select an option. The options are:
    • Start Date Offset
      • One month in advance
    • End Date Offset
      • One month in advance
      • Last pay of prior month
  7. In the Eligibility section, click Add and in the Add Qualifier dialog box, select the checkbox next to one or more qualifiers.
  8. Click Add to add the qualifier to the Eligibility section.
  9. Click Save.

The offset configurations for employee and employer elections show in the Payroll Election Date Offset section. You can edit or delete the configurations as needed.