Before You Begin: This topic only describes the specific settings in the Payroll Properties and Pay Calendars tabs that are required to set up a pay group for Ireland. For full instructions on creating and configuring pay groups in Dayforce see
Add Pay Groups
To add a pay group:
- Go to Pay Set-up > Pay Group.
- Click Add.
- Click the Payroll Properties tab.
- In the Country drop-down list, select Ireland. This selection automatically populates the Tax year Start Month and Tax Year Start Day drop-down lists with January and 1, respectively.
- (Optional) Click the Allow Advance Payment Weeks checkbox to allow employees in the pay group to receive advance holiday pay.
- Note: The Allow Advance Payment Weeks checkbox is only available for weekly pay.
- In the RPN Parameters tab, complete the following fields:
- Retrieve RPN records during calculation:
- Legal Entity: Select the legal entity associated with the pay group.
- Last run date:
- Request RPN for new employees:
- Click Save, then click Refresh.
Generate Pay Calendars
To generate pay calendars for a pay group for a given year:
- Go to Pay Set-up > Pay Group.
- Select the pay group for which you are generating the pay calendar.
- Click the Pay Calendars tab.
- Ensure that the current year is selected, or change the year using the arrow buttons.
- Click Generate.