How Do I Give an Employee a Raise From a Certain Date?

You can give a raise that starts on a set date, even before you run the payroll it starts in. How you set it up depends on how the employee is paid.

For an hourly employee: add an Hourly Rate Increase

1. From the sidebar, click "Employees," then "View Salary Structure."
2. Find the employee and click their "View Salary Structure" icon. If the amounts are hidden, unhide them first.
3. Click "Edit Structure."
4. Under Earnings, click "+ Add" and choose "Hourly Rate Increase."
5. Choose "Per day" or "Per hour," then type the raise.
6. Set "Effective from" to the day the raise starts.
7. Click "Save Changes."

Example: the daily rate goes from ₱600 to ₱645 on October 26. Choose "Per day" and type 45, which is ₱5.625 an hour. Set Effective from to 10/26/2026. The row then shows "New rate from 10/26/2026: ₱80.625 an hour (₱645.00 a day)."

Every cut-off that ends on or after the Effective from date is paid at the new rate: Basic, overtime, night differential, late and undertime. Earlier cut-offs keep the old rate, even if you re-run them. Each new raise is a new Hourly Rate Increase row, added on top of the ones before it.

Use an Hourly Rate Increase, not a Salary Increase, for an hourly employee. A Salary Increase pays the same fixed amount every cut-off, however many hours were worked.

Or change the hourly rate itself

In "Hourly rate (₱ / hour)," type the new rate. It takes up to 4 decimals, so ₱645 a day can be entered exactly as 80.625. A new rate has no date: every payroll you generate or "Re-run" after saving uses it. Lock the last payroll at the old rate before you save.

For a monthly employee: change the salary

1. Open the employee's salary structure and click "Edit Structure," as above.
2. In "Monthly salary (₱ / month)," type the new salary. If the employee has been paid before, a "Salary Increase" row for the difference is added under Earnings.
3. On that row, set "Effective from" to the first day of the cut-off the raise starts in.
4. Click "Save Changes."

The raise is paid for the whole cut-off that holds the "Effective from" date, and every cut-off after it.

If the raise starts in the middle of a cut-off

A cut-off that holds the Effective from date is paid at the new rate for the whole cut-off. To pay the new rate only from the middle, set Effective from to the first day of the next cut-off. Then add the extra for the days in between with "Add adjustment" in Payroll Analysis.