Preliminary payroll reporting
Preliminary Payroll Reporting
Run a draft payroll report in HRLocker to review hours worked, leave, and pay elements before you export. Add Payment IDs to align your data with your payroll provider, so when you export, everything drops straight into your payroll system without delays or errors.
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How We Can Help You With Time Tracking
Run a Draft Payroll Report
Download a file that includes hours worked, overtime, time off in lieu (TOIL) and pay elements for each employee. You’ll have everything you need to check before you run the final payroll.
Add Payment IDs
Set a Payment ID for each pay type like salary, overtime or allowances and HRLocker will include these codes in your export. That way your payroll software knows where to put each number.
Export to Payroll
When you’re happy, download a file ready for your payroll software. No re‑typing, no errors – just upload and you’re done.

How it works
When you generate a payroll report from HRLocker, you can include a Payment ID for each pay element. These codes help your payroll software match hours and pay types correctly. You set them up once and every draft payroll report you export will include them. Once everything looks right, just download the file and upload it to your payroll system. It’s that simple.

Align with your payroll system
HRLocker’s export file is designed to work with popular payroll software. If you need help setting up Payment IDs, check out our Knowledge Base article on adding payment IDs to payroll reports.
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