What is an off cycle payment?

What is an off-cycle payment?

At Remote, an off-cycle payment is any payment requested outside the regular payroll cycle. This process accommodates payments for onboarding, missed incentives, and approved expenses submitted after the payroll cutoff.

Off-cycle payments are available in countries with a monthly payroll run or in specific cases for countries with semi-monthly payroll cycles. The deadline to request off-cycle payments is the 27th of each month.

In this article we cover:

• Important cutoff dates
• Criteria for off-cycle payments
• How to request an off-cycle payment
• Countries where off-cycle payments are not available

Important cutoff dates

Regular payroll cutoff:

• • 11th of each month, 11:59 PM UTC.
  • For a number of countries, the regular payroll cutoff is the 16th of the month.

Off-cycle cutoff:

The deadline to request a payment outside of the regular payroll cutoff is the 27th of each month.

Country-specific dates:

• Bulgaria: the payroll cutoff is the 1st of the month.
• Germany: The cutoff Varies by month.
• Hong Kong off-cycle payday: Off-cycle payments are processed and paid by the 7th of the following month.

Criteria for off-cycle payments

Off-cycle payments are allowed for:

• New hires: Employees onboarded between the 12th–24th are automatically enrolled in an off-cycle payroll run at no extra cost.
• Sign-on bonuses: These must be agreed upon in the contract and submitted by the 11th of the month.
• Missed incentives or expenses: For payments submitted before the payroll cutoff but missed in the regular cycle.
• Legal requirements for missed payments: This can include relocation bonuses, sign-on bonuses, court-mandated compensation, and termination payments.
• Incorrect deductions: Off-cycle payments to prevent hardship due to processing errors like over-deductions.

How to request an off-cycle payment

• Deadline: 27th of the month, 11:59 PM UTC.
• Contact: Submit requests to help@remote.com.
• Requests after the off-cycle cutoff will be paid in the next payroll cycle.

Countries where off-cycle payments are not available

Off-cycle payments cannot be processed in these countries:

• Argentina
• Bangladesh
• Belarus
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Cyprus
• Germany
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Turkey
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United States