The ‘Finalise currently open pay period’ option allows you to finalise the earliest pay period that has at least one open payslip for each employer. This means you can finalise pay periods for multiple employers at the same time.
 

a) To access the batch operation, open BrightPay and select  > Browse Employers > 'Batch'

b) To batch finalise all currently open pay periods, select the option 'Finalise Currently Open Pay Period' from the drop down menu.

c) BrightPay will list all employer files with pay periods available to finalise. Click the box next to the 'Select All' heading to select all employers instantly or click 'Select by Tag' to select employers by a colour label. Alternatively, manually select the various employers you wish to include in the batch operation.

d) Click 'Start' to finalise the pay period for all selected employers.

Please note: a payroll will not be finalised if an applicable payslip is flagged for attention, for example, an automatic enrolment alert.

BrightPay does not currently support fully automated payroll runs. All payroll processing, including batch processing, must be manually initiated by a user — payroll cannot be scheduled to run automatically. If you process payrolls that have no changes from period to period, the batch processing feature allows you to process the next open period for multiple employers at once, saving time without the need to open each employer individually. However, you will still need to log in and start the batch run yourself each period.