​ Batches

Batches are time periods in which your payroll runs.  For example, if you perform you payroll on the 25th of each month and your month end is the 20th, then your batches normally run from the 21st of the previous month till the 20th of the current month.

Batches are usually set up by your payroll administrator or your human resources practitioner.

Batches are also used, to lock information once the period has been completed, so that changes in the future cannot be made to data that has already been integrated into the payroll system, or that has already been used for other reporting purposes.