Payroll is built directly on the data you already keep in Nory: your schedules, timecards and employee records. Your pay run is generated from that data, so there are no exports, reformatting or copy and paste between systems.
Your payroll managed service
Nory Pay is a partly managed service: you prepare and review your pay run in Nory, and some steps are handled for you by the Nory payroll team on your behalf.
Behind the scenes, all calculations, compliance, payments and HMRC submissions are handled for you.
What happens automatically
The following flow into your pay run without any action from you:
Employee data: new starters, leavers and employee changes.
Pay prorated automatically for mid-period starters and leavers.
Hourly timecards.
Salaried wages.
Unpaid absences.
Paid custom shifts and absences.
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
Running payroll in Nory
Before your first pay run, each employee needs complete payroll information in their Nory profile, including their National Insurance number, date of birth, home address and bank details. Incomplete profiles will hold up the sync, so it is worth checking this data before go-live.
At launch, some of the pay run actions are self-serve from Nory and some are handled for you. Here is the split:
You do this in Nory | The Nory payroll team handles |
Approve timecards for payroll | Onboarding: setting you up (PAYE reference, pay frequencies, bank details, pension) and linking it to your Nory account |
Lock and unlock schedules for payroll | Statutory parental pay: SMP, SPP and Shared Parental Leave |
View current and past pay runs | Deductions (coming) |
View all employees included in each pay run | Final pay run submission and payments (BACS) |
View and action items that need solving before the pay run closes (for example missing employee information) | RTI submissions to HMRC |
View an employee's live payslip breakdown | P11D and year-end documents |
Add pay adjustments to an employee's current pay (for example a bonus or one-off payment) | Pension management |
Approve your current pay run |
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View and download payslips (available to both employer and employee) |
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Download payroll reports |
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Note: Full self-serve is the direction of travel. More of these steps will move into Nory over time.
Proactive resolution of payroll issues
When you open a pay run, a banner at the top shows how many items need your attention before closing.
Items are grouped by severity: urgent first, then items that need attention, then lower priority items.
Each item explains what the issue is, who it affects and why it matters, with a suggested action to resolve it.
Note: These are warnings to guide you, not blockers. Nory suggests the fix and you confirm it, so you stay in control.
High priority issues
Issue | What to do |
Missing or invalid bank details | Add bank details to the employee's profile |
Missing National Insurance number | Add the NI number to the employee's profile. |
Date of birth is wrong | Correct the date of birth |
Missing address | Add the employee's address |
Missing gender | Add the employee's gender |
Pay below National Minimum Wage | Review the hours, rate or deductions causing the underpayment. |
Medium priority issues
Issue | What to do |
SSP absence over 7 days without a fit note | Upload the fit note, or exclude and postpone the payment to the next pay period. |
SSP entitlement exhausted (28 weeks reached) | Amend the SSP dates, or remove SSP from the payslip. |
New starter missing starter declaration | Add the starter checklist in Nory. |
Unusually long shift | Review the timecard, then include it in or exclude it from payroll. |
No pay for an employee | Include the employee in, or exclude them from, the pay run. |
Low priority issues
Issue | What to do |
Unapproved timecards outstanding | Approve timecards |
Schedule not locked for a given location | Lock the schedule for the period |
Payroll reports
Here is the list of payroll reports you can download per payroll entity:
HMRC payments
Gross to Net
Pay Run Journal
Pension contributions
Payroll analysis
P32
Auto enrolment member report
If you don't use Nory as your payroll provider, reach out to your account manager for more information on this product.