Chapter 2 of 6 · Payroll & Statutory
Payroll lock, freeze & corrections
Freeze a period so late attendance/leave edits can’t disturb an approved run, and unlock it again if you need to fix something.
Locking a period protects an approved run from last-minute data changes.
Lock a period
- 1From App → Payroll → Run payroll, lock the current period once data entry is complete.
- 2While locked, attendance and leave edits for that month no longer affect the run, so the figures you approved stay stable.
Corrections
- The lock is whole-period, not per-employee — there's no way to unlock just one person's record. To fix anything, unlock the period, make the correction, then re-lock.
- Genuine reversals use reopen on the run itself, which is recorded in the audit log.
Tip: Lock after PROCESSED and before you send the bank file, so nothing shifts between approval and payment.
Related guides
Run your first payrollProcess a monthly run end-to-end — draft, review, approve, pay — and publish payslips.Payroll run approval workflowMove a run through DRAFT → PROCESSED → APPROVED → PAID with approver and timestamp captured.Salary revisions & arrearsRevise CTC with an effective date and let Comsky HRMS auto-compute back-dated arrears.