People Being Paid Page

The article provides a guide on preparing payroll using the People Being Paid page in BambooHR. It outlines steps to update employee information, fix payroll errors, and manage employee payroll status. Key sections include an overview of the page, instructions for addressing employee errors, and guidance on enabling or disabling payroll for employees. Users can filter employees, view their payroll readiness, and resolve errors using the "Fix Now" button. Disabling payroll for an employee excludes them from future runs, while enabling it reinstates their status. The guide emphasizes the importance of ensuring employee records are accurate before payroll processing. For additional details on specific errors, users can refer to linked resources.

  • Jul 9, 2026
  • Knowledge

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People Being Paid Page
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People Being Paid page is part of Payroll that is an add-on feature.

What can I do to prepare payroll on the People Being Paid page?

Purpose: This guide will explain how to update and make adjustments to employee information before running payroll on the People Being Paid page.

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Overview of the People Being Paid page

To access the People Being Paid page in BambooHR, navigate to the Payroll tab, locate the pay schedule you want to review, and click on the People Being Paid tile. If there are employees with payroll data errors, the pay date card will display a warning icon.

Once the page loads, the following information and actions will appear: 

  1. Filter: You can filter employees by employee name/ID to narrow down your results. 
  2. People being paid: In real-time, this will display how many employees are ready to be paid and the number of employees with payroll errors.
  3. Employee: The names of employees who are assigned to the syncing pay schedule will appear in this list. 
  4. Status: This column will show if the employee is ready to be paid, if the employee has payroll errors, or if they are included in/excluded from the payroll run. 
  5. Fix Now: Click on this button to quickly resolve the employee's payroll errors and get them ready to be paid. 
  6. Enable/disable payroll: If an employee is part of the syncing pay schedule, you will have the option to include them in future payroll runs by clicking on the plus button on their employee record. If you want to exclude them from future payroll runs, click on the minus button instead.

Need to edit or upload extra pay for your employees? Click the Extra Pay tab!

Fix employee errors

If a payroll error is identified for an employee, the error will be noted and highlighted in orange within the Status column. You will also notice the Fix Now button on the employee record. Clicking on this button will populate a modal that allows you to fix the employee's payroll errors without navigating away from this page. 

Clicking Save after resolving the payroll errors will automatically sync and validate the new information. If errors persist, you will receive feedback in real-time to ensure the employee record is ready for payroll before navigating away from the modal. 

For more details on how to resolve specific payroll errors for your employees, such as address validation errors, click here! 

Enable or disable payroll for employees

BambooHR makes removing specific employees from payroll an easy process on the People Being Paid page. There are a few important things to keep in mind before disabling an employee from the payroll run:

  1. Disabling payroll for an employee will exclude them from all future scheduled or off-cycle payroll runs and does not apply to the current pay cycle. You can enable payroll for them so that they are included in future payroll runs at a later time.
  2. Disabling payroll for an employee will not remove them from the syncing pay schedule, and they will show up on the People Being Paid page with a different status. However, they will not get paid or be a part of the payroll run. 
  3. Disabling payroll for an employee will impact the People Being Paid ratio in the pay schedule information box and will account for employees not ready to be paid. Excluded employees and employees with errors will be added together. 

To disable payroll for an employee, navigate to the People Being Paid page by clicking View in the payroll information box. Hover over the employee's name you wish to exclude and click on the minus button. A prompt will appear for you to confirm the employee's removal from payroll. After confirming, the employee's name will appear grayed out, and they will have a new status named "Removed from [Due Date] Payroll." If the employee had previous errors, those will still show in the Status column regardless of their status.

Enabling payroll for an employee who had payroll previously disabled is just as easy. Navigate to the People Being Paid page through the payroll information box on the Payroll tab. Locate and hover over the name of the employee and then click the plus icon to add them back in. This action will remove the Disabled status and mark them as "Ready To Be Paid" (unless they have payroll errors).

Please keep in mind that enabling/disabling employees from payroll applies to the next payroll run, and the action will not be applied to open pay cycles. If you wish to enable/disable payroll for an employee in an open payroll run, you can add or remove them on the Edit page when running payroll. 

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