In plain English
It describes the repeating time gap between one payday and the next. The idea is how often an employee receives wages or salary over time.
In context
Here, it identifies the regular interval between an employee's scheduled wage payments.
- Situation
- Completing employee onboarding, payroll setup, policies, and mandatory forms
- What it communicates
- identifies how often wages are scheduled to be paid.
Meaning limits
By itself, this term does not state the amount of pay or the exact date of a payment.
Examples
“Their pay frequency changed from weekly to fortnightly, but the hourly rate stayed the same.”
“Before she accepted the job, Mira asked about the pay frequency.”