To make changes or to add payroll into Spark, the Benevity Technical teams will require a completed Payroll Schedule Template for each payroll schedule you have available to your employees.
The following steps will walk you through how to complete the Payroll Schedule Template each time a change is needed.
This is typically done a few months before the end of each calendar year.
Step 1: Download the template
Download the provided Payroll Schedule Template. Use a separate template for each schedule. For example, if you have a bi-weekly schedule and a weekly schedule, you will be sending us two documents.
Step 2: Complete the template
Complete the sections and columns as shown in the template.
Payroll Schedule Name
First, add a title to each template you complete, with the name of schedule you are saving.
For example, Company_USA Bi-Weekly Pay Schedule 2023.
Spark Period End Date
The Spark Period End Date is the day before your payroll team requires the payroll deduction file from Benevity. For example, if your payroll team needs to process the file on January 8, 2023, please list your period end date as January 7, 2023 (2023-01-07).
Client Pay Date
The day that people on this schedule will be paid.
Client Pay Start
The day this pay period begins on the client side. Note: This date does not have any impact in Spark, but might be included in the payroll deduction file to support your internal payroll process.
Client Pay End
The day this pay period ends on the client side. Note: This date does not have any impact in Spark, but might be included in the payroll deduction file to support your internal payroll process.
Step 3: Review the data and the dates format
Review the file to ensure the dates align with your pay schedule, and verify that the dates are in the YYYY-MM-DD format.
Step 4: Send to Benevity's Technical Support team
Once this is complete, save your file and name it with the schedule title. Following the example above, the file would be named Company_USA Bi-Weekly Pay Schedule 2023.
Send all completed schedules as their own attachments to help@benevity.com and our Client Technical Support team will ensure that they are uploaded in your site.