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Go live — start using Verdeshell

Everything's in place. Run your first payroll, and your team can begin using the app for their day-to-day work.

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Run your first payroll

One month's pay, from extras and overtime to payslips and the bank file. Money is marked paid only at the very last step.

~30 min the first timeIf you run payrollOwner, HR Admins, Finance & Payroll AdminsPayroll plan feature

Before the run · add the month's extras

Payroll › Payroll › Payroll inputs
  1. Choose the Pay month and click Add item. Pick the Employee, the Type (incentive, bonus, variable pay, reimbursement or deduction) and the Amount. A reimbursement needs the bill; a deduction needs a reason.
  2. Each item goes through the approval levels from Step 9, to the people named on Settings › Responsibilities (Step 5). Approvers find what's waiting for them under Payroll › Payroll › Payroll Approvals (they can tick several and click Approve selected).
🧾Only approved items are paid. An item is paid by the first payroll run for its month or later — one still waiting for approval simply waits for a later run. Employees can also raise their own bills under Operations › Reimbursements; those follow the same approvals.

Run it · from Draft to Paid

Payroll › Payroll › Payroll Runs
  1. Create the run. Click Create Run, pick the Month and Year (never a future month), and the Run scope: By country (whole organisation) or By office location to pay one office. Click Create. The run starts as Draft.
  2. Decide overtime (only if you pay it). If any policy has Pay overtime in payroll on, the run page shows Overtime review. A payroll approver — never for their own overtime — clicks Pay or Don't pay for each person. The run can't be processed until every decision is made.
  3. Process. Click Process Payroll. A check list appears first: Issues that must be fixed before processing (for example someone with no salary or no country) stop you; Warnings you can read and accept by ticking the box and clicking Proceed Anyway. The run becomes Processed — awaiting approval.
  4. Review. Check the totals (gross, deductions, net pay) and each person's breakdown — Paid Days, LOP Days, earnings, deductions and income tax.
  5. Approve. A different person from whoever processed it clicks Approve payroll. If overtime is being paid, they tick I have checked the overtime hours and amounts above. The run becomes Approved and payslips are generated.
  6. Pay the bank. Download the Bank File (or Bank File (Excel) to view it) and make the salary payment through your bank.
  7. Release. Once the money has gone out, click Release Salaries, enter the Payment date and an optional Payment reference, and confirm. The run becomes Paid and employees can now see their payslips.
💡"Paid" means released. Approving doesn't pay anyone or show payslips to staff. Only Release Salaries marks salaries paid and publishes payslips — and it's final: a released run can't be undone.
↩️Changing your mind — a Draft or processed run can be cancelled with Cancel Run (nothing is paid, and you can create a new run for the same month). A processed run can't be re-processed: to change its figures, cancel it and create a new run. An Approved run can be sent back with Reopen (a reason is required); it then needs approving again.
🏦Bank details are frozen when the first bank file is downloaded. If someone's bank details change after that, reopen the run so it's approved again before paying.

What your employees see

My › My Payslips

After you release, each employee finds the month's payslip under My › My Payslips and can download the PDF. If payslip emails are set up for your company, they're also emailed that it's ready. Before release, nothing shows there.

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Your team starts using it

Setup's done — here's what everyone does day to day, on the web and in the mobile app.

OngoingEveryone
Your employees

Sign in with the invite from Step 14 (or Step 16 if you imported them) — on the web or the Verdeshell mobile app. Check in and out from the mobile app (or the office device); the web dashboard shows today's shift and a Check out button once they've checked in. They Apply Leave, ask for On Duty or to correct a missed punch, submit expense claims (New Claim) and reimbursements, pick optional holidays, and see My Payslips, My Tax and My Documents.

Your managers

Requests flow to the reporting manager on each person's profile, then to any further approvers named on Settings › Responsibilities. Leave, attendance corrections and timesheets land in Time & Attendance › Approvals; payroll items in Payroll Approvals; expense claims in Operations › Expenses. See Approvals in Everyday use for the full list. Managers can approve leave, attendance corrections, On Duty and travel requests from the mobile app too.

You, the admin

Add new joiners (with their shift), run payroll each month, post Company News, and keep details up to date. Everything else runs on the rules you set in Part 1.

📱First week tip — check Settings › Company › Mobile Check-in and Settings › Time & Leave › Shifts for anyone left without a site or a shift, so nobody is marked absent by mistake.

🎉 That's it — you're live!

Your Verdeshell HRMS is set up and your team can start using it. Tick off what you've done — it saves automatically. Then see Everyday use and Every section for the rest.

Part 1 · Settings
✓Company profile, time zone, currency & tax numbers1
✓Plan, renewal date & included features reviewed2
✓Logo & colours added3
✓Offices added (head office marked)4
✓Seniority levels, departments & designations set up5
✓Employee ID format chosen6
✓At least one shift created (required)7
✓Holidays, leave types & attendance policy (overtime choice made)7
✓Mobile check-in sites & rest-day work (if used)7
✓Expense categories & approval levels8
✓PF, ESI & Professional Tax registrations9
✓Payroll inputs approval, base days & opening income tax9
✓Roles reviewed10
✓Letter & clearance templates (optional)11
✓Email, notifications & delegations (optional)12
Part 2 · Your organisation
✓Cost centres & projects13
✓People added with location, shift & manager14
✓Bulk import & invites sent (if adding many)15
✓Roles given & approvers named on Settings › Responsibilities16
✓Salaries assigned17
Part 3 · Go live
✓First payroll approved, paid & released18
✓Team checking in & using it day to day19
This checklist is a personal reminder, saved only on this device and browser. It isn't shared with your team — everyone who opens this page keeps their own list. Your real setup lives in the Verdeshell app.