As an employer, you're responsible for submitting contributions and managing deferral rate changes made by employees. Learn how to use the Contributions Dashboard to complete these tasks.
To get to the Contributions Dashboard:
- Sign in to the portal with your email address and password.
- Click on the Contributions tab.
Overview of the Contributions Dashboard
There are four main sections on the Contributions Dashboard:
- Contributions
- History
- Other Actions
- Employee Contributions
Contributions
The Contributions section contains a snapshot of important information about upcoming tasks.
Next Pay Date
This is the date you need to submit your contributions by. It is based on the schedule you provided during registration. If you have multiple pay groups set up with the same pay date, you will need to select which pay groups to submit for. You can also submit by pay groups using the All Pay Groups dropdown in the History section.
Start Contribution Button
Click Start Contribution to begin a new payroll submission. Learn more about How to Submit Contributions Manually.
Gear Icon
Click the Gear Icon to submit, view, or edit payroll and banking information, including setting up and managing pay groups, changing payroll providers, and choosing the contributions funding method.
View Deferral Changes
Click View Deferral Changes to view pending employee deferral changes. Learn more about Updating Employee Deferral Changes.
Pending Contribution
If you start a submission for a pay group but did not complete the prior submission before the Next Pay Date, you will be prompted to:
- Start a Contribution based on the date.
- Resume the Pending Contribution based on the date.
History
The history section contains a Grid with information about your transactions.
To filter the information on the Grid based on a specific date range or type of transaction, select from the drop-down menu Last 30 Days, All Transactions, or All Pay Groups.
Columns on the Grid
Transactions
View transactions based on pay date.
Click on any transaction by date to view specific employee details and data about the transaction.
Total Amount
View the total amount per transaction.
Status
View statuses of contributions:
- Submission Started: You started a submission but did not complete it.
- Processing: Your submission is processing, and you may be unable to cancel it.
- Delivered: Your submission has been successfully processed.
- Missing: You can start a contribution or skip/remove a pay date.
Action
In the action column, you can take additional actions to proceed with a submission, click on the three dots.
Click the Action you need and follow the prompts:
- Resume Submission: Go back to a submission you started and did not complete.
- Restart Submission: Go back to the beginning of a submission.
- Cancel: Cancel a submission.
Other Actions
If you need to submit a transaction that differs from a regular pay schedule, click on Other Actions> Off-Cycle Contribution.
Off-Cycle Contribution
If you need to pay employees a bonus or other off-cycle compensation from your regular pay schedule or if you did not set a regular pay schedule, click Other Actions and select Off-Cycle Contribution. Learn more about Off-Cycle Contributions.
Employee Contribution Section
View the total employee contributions based on the current year.
This amount includes any contributions made directly by employee and may differ from the amount of contributions you deducted on their behalf.
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How to Manage Off-Cycle Contributions