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Handle pay runs with no employees

How pay runs with no employees behave on Sage Payroll.

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Written by Kombie Makhubele

A pay run can exist without any employees assigned. This can happen during onboarding or after you remove or terminate all employees.

When there are no employees, it highlights the tile in orange and displays a warning icon with the message No employees added to Payroll.

The system also explains that you must add at least one employee before you can process the pay run.

The Actions menu remains available, but the system limits the available options. You can still access:

  • View employee, which shows an empty state

  • Edit pay group

  • Pay run calendar

  • Delete pay run

  • View all pay runs, if terminated employees are linked to the run

Once you add employees to the pay group, the system removes the warning state. All standard actions become available, and you can process the pay run as normal.


Add employees to the pay group

  1. Go to Pay runs.

  2. Go to the Pay Run List.

  3. Locate the pay run with the warning indicator.

  4. Select the Actions menu.

  5. Select Edit pay group.

  6. Add at least one employee to the pay group.

  7. Select Finish to save changes.

Confirm the pay run is ready

  1. Return to the Pay Run List.

  2. Check that the warning state no longer appears.

  3. Confirm that standard actions are available.

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