Can I Pay All Employees by Paper Check with 7shifts Payroll?

Employers can't restrict Employees from selecting their preferred payment method. Therefore, Employers cannot set a default payment method, such as "Paper Check".

Although not a complete solution, but a workaround, you can instead achieve this by manual selection or by running an off-cycle payroll.

Manually Select a Payment Method for Each Employee

When running payroll, you can manually select "manual" (i.e. check) as the payment method for each employee:

1. Log in to the web app as an Admin.
   
   
2. Click Run Payroll.
   
   
3. Use the payment method dropdown for each employee to select Paper Check.
4. Select Paper Check for each payroll employee, each payroll cycle.
   
   
5. Review time off.
   
   
6. Preview payroll.
   
   
7. Submit payroll.

Run Off-Cycle Payrolls

Alternatively, you can run off-cycle payrolls to pay employees by check, which ignores their preferred payment method (please note this may require more manual work):

1. Log in to the web app as an Admin.
   
   
2. Run an off-cycle payroll > select Manual Entry.
   
   
3. Choose your pay period dates.
   
   
4. Click Select payment method > choose Paper Checks.
   
   
5. Set the date for pay day > Review and run payroll.
   
6. Manually add each employee to this payroll cycle.
   
7. Use the payment method dropdown to select Paper Check for each employee.
   
   
8. Review time off.
   
   
9. Preview payroll.
   
   
10. Submit payroll.