Oyster Employee Salary Not Received or Late

How to fix it

Try these in order — the most common fix is first.

1. 1. Check the pay date and cut-off

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   1. Ask your admin for the payroll cut-off date shown in Oyster
   2. Compare with your contract pay date
   3. Changes after cut-off roll into the next cycle
   Did this fix it? Yes No

2. 2. Confirm bank details

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   1. Open Profile and check bank account and currency
   2. Correct errors and tell your admin immediately
   Did this fix it? Yes No

3. 3. Ask for an off-cycle payment

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   1. Oyster says it processes off-cycle payments when Oyster or a local partner is at fault
   2. Ask your admin to open a ticket with Oyster
   3. Off-cycle payments need extra internal approval so allow a few days
   Did this fix it? Yes No

4. 4. Escalate with evidence

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   1. Collect the payslip, bank statement and bank reference
   2. Send them in a ticket in the Help Center and keep the ticket number
   Did this fix it? Yes No

Symptoms

Salary missing on pay day or arriving days later than usual.

Why it happens

• Changes submitted after the payroll cut-off date
• Local partner or bank delay in some countries
• Oyster does not support custom pay dates, earliest is the 25th
• Incorrect bank details
• Employer funding not received by Oyster

This guide also covers

• oyster hr salary delayed
• oyster payroll late
• oyster off-cycle payment

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