Open Payroll settings and expand "Autopay".
The Eligibility card flags any company- or employee-level issues that would prevent Autopay from automatically approving your next payroll. Resolve anything flagged before continuing — the blocked-reasons reference covers every code and how to fix it.
Check the agreement box. Autopay approves payrolls on your behalf without further review, but you remain responsible for the correctness of each one.
Flip the toggle On and click Save. Your next on-cycle payroll will auto-approve on its approval deadline day.
A company is ineligible for Autopay if it has more than one active pay schedule. Delete pay schedules until only one remains.
An employee blocks Autopay for a cycle when they don't have direct deposit, a primary workplace, completed onboarding, or compensation set as an annual salary or hourly pay with regular weekly hours. These are fixable — fix them during the pay period and Autopay still runs. Autopay also won't run for an employee who starts, is terminated, or has a compensation change inside the pay period.
Editing an upcoming payroll makes it ineligible for Autopay. The only safe edit is adding descriptions to payroll items — any other modification falls back to manual approval. Reopening an already-approved payroll also requires manual re-approval.
We email you when fixable issues are blocking the next cycle so you can fix them in time. If the cycle is still blocked at the approval deadline, you'll get a follow-up email and have until 11 AM ET on the deadline day to review and approve manually.
To skip a single cycle, reopen that payroll before its reopen deadline and approve manually. To stop Autopay entirely, flip the toggle Off and click Save.
Note: Autopay only covers on-cycle payrolls for regular employees. Off-cycle runs — corrections, reimbursements, bonuses, and contractor payments — still need manual approval, created from the payroll page.