Changes to payroll timelines for December 2022

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Nneka
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To serve you better as the year comes to an end, there are key timelines you need to be aware of: 

  • Payday will be before Christmas (25th December) in most countries, as is customary.
  • The payroll cutoff will impact new hires. If the new hire is fully onboarded by 5th December, 11:59pm UTC and has a start date between 1st - 19th December they will be paid on 20th December.
  • If the new hire is fully onboarded by 5th December, 11:59pm UTC and has a start date between 20th - 31st December they will be paid in the off cycle payroll run on 10th January. 
  • If the new hire is fully onboarded after 5th December, 11:59pm UTC, they will be paid in the off cycle payroll run on 10th January. This is for any start date between 1st - 31st December.

Country Payroll Cutoff & Pay Dates for December 2022

Country Payroll cutoff Payday
Argentina ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท 5th December 20th December
Armenia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ 5th December 20th December
Australia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ 5th December 20th December
Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น 5th December 20th December
Belarus ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ No change No change
Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช 5th December 20th December
Bolivia ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด 5th December 20th December
Brazil ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท 5th December 23rd December (second payroll)
Bulgaria ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ No change No change
Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ No change  No change 
Chile ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ 5th December 20th December
Colombia ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด 5th December 20th December
Costa Rica ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท 5th December 20th December
Croatia ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท 5th December 20th December
Cyprus ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ 5th December 20th December
Czech Republic ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ 5th December 20th December
Denmark ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ 5th December 20th December
Dominican Republic ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด 5th December 20th December
Ecuador ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ 5th December 16th December
Estonia ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช 5th December 20th December
Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ 13th December 30th December
France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท 5th December 20th December
Georgia ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช 5th December 20th December
Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช 5th December 20th December
Greece ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท 5th December 20th December
Honduras ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ 5th December 20th December
Hong Kong ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ 5th December 20th December
Hungary ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ 5th December 27th December
Iceland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ 5th December 20th December
India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ 5th December 20th December
Indonesia ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ 5th December 20th December
Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 5th December 20th December
Israel ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ 5th December 22nd December
Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น 5th December 13th month salary: 15th December;
Pay day: 20th December
Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต  5th December 22nd December
Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช 5th December 20th December
Lithuania ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น 5th December 20th December
Luxembourg ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ 5th December 20th December
Malaysia ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ 5th December 20th December
Malta ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น 5th December 20th December
Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ 5th December 22nd December (second payroll)
Morocco ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 5th December 20th December
Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ 5th December 20th December
New Zealand ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ 5th December 20th December
Norway ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด 5th December 20th December
Panama ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ 5th December 22nd December (second payroll)
Paraguay ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ 5th December 16th December
Peru ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช 5th December 13th month salary: 15th December;
Pay day: 20th December
Philippines ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ  5th December 20th December
Poland ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ 5th December 20th December
Portugal ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น 5th December 20th December
Romania ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด 5th December 20th December
Singapore ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ 5th December 20th December
Slovakia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ 5th December 20th December
South Africa ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 5th December 14th December
Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 5th December 20th December
Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช 5th December 20th December
Switzerland๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ 5th December 20th December
Taiwan ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ 5th December 20th December
Turkey ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท 5th December 20th December
Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ  No change  No change
United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง 5th December 20th December
United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ  No change  No change
Uruguay ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ 5th December 20th December

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