Merlin payroll: previews, cutoffs, and pay cycles
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Pay preview anxiety is common: hours look right on screen but net pay feels wrong, or cutoff passed before a fix landed. This guide walks through calm checks before you email payroll. fligclouck.com is not your employer payroll product and never collects credentials.
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Pay preview
A pay preview is the dress rehearsal before funds move: gross hours, earning codes, and estimated deductions on screen. Previews can change until payroll locks. Comparing preview to approved time for the same period is the first habit to build.
If preview gross matches timecards but net feels low, walk deductions before assuming hours vanished. Benefits, tax pacing, and garnishments move net without touching gross.
Screenshots of preview totals with dates help when you open a ticket later. Crop to the pay period header and the one line that looks wrong.
We do not see your preview data. The useful sequence is preview, then stub PDF, then bank posted amount.
Cutoff and hours
Cutoff is when edits stop riding the current run. Missed punches fixed after export usually land on the next check unless payroll reruns with permission. Hotel teams feel cutoff first when weekend hours bulk at period end.
Questions spike on cutoff nights. Submit fixes before the export window closes; comment fields should name dates and corrected in or out times.
Trainees and shadow shifts cause duplicate or missing hours. Confirm which ID should punch before you debate preview totals.
Pair this section with our payroll calendar article if you are unsure which check carries a correction.
Stub and deposit
After preview comes the PDF stub: pay period dates, earnings block, deductions, net, and deposit timing. Read period dates before net. Mobile banking pending is not the stub.
Overtime and shift differentials use separate earning codes on many hotel payroll files. Compare codes to your schedule export instead of guessing from forum screenshots.
Save PDFs monthly. Missing deposits are often a holiday processing shift, not stolen wages.
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