Raises and retro pay

When your rate goes up, add the raise in Paycheq with its date. If the raise is dated back, Paycheq works out the retro pay you’re owed and shows it until it’s paid.

Adding a raise

1. Open the Jobs tab and tap your job.
2. Tap Pay rate changes, then Add a rate change.
3. Set From to the date the raise starts.
4. Choose New rate and enter it, or Raise by % and enter the percentage.
   • A new rate changes your regular rate. Time and a half and double time follow it. Other rates, such as a lead rate, stay as they are.
   • A percentage raises your regular rate and your other rates by that share.
5. Tap Save, then Save on the job.

Your job then shows Hourly rate today in place of the default rate.

Raises dated back

If the From date is before today, a Retro pay section appears:

• Turn on My cheques pay the new rate once your cheques pay it, and set Since to the date they started.
• Leave it off if your cheques still pay the old rate. New shifts then use the old rate, as your cheques do, and the difference builds up.

Seeing what you’re owed

On the Pay tab, the Retro pay card shows Owed so far: the difference on every shift paid at the old rate, before tax.

When the retro pay comes

1. On the Pay tab, find the Retro pay card and tap Record the payout.
2. Choose the cheque it was Paid on.
3. If the regular cheque that day also starts paying the new rate, turn that on.
4. Tap Save.

The retro pay shows as a cheque of its own that day, with its own tax, CPP, EI and net. It’s taxed by CRA’s method for retroactive pay increases, which is how most employers do it.

To see or remove payouts, tap Payouts recorded.

Estimates only. Not legal or tax advice.