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Payroll

Approve & lock

Finalising a payroll run; locks the period and makes the figures immutable.

Approving a payroll run finalises it and locks the pay period. Locked figures can't be changed, and disbursement and statutory remittances only happen after approval. Re-opening a locked period is a rare, audited exception.

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