Merit cycles: an overview

How a merit cycle moves from draft to applied, who does what, and what each tab is for.

Written By Karl

Last updated About 9 hours ago

A merit cycle is a planned round of pay increases. Administrators set the budget and rules, managers propose increases for their teams, proposals are reviewed in the approval flow, and administrators apply the result to salaries.

Where: Compensation → Merit Cycles.

The lifecycle

Status	What happens
Draft	An administrator sets up the cycle. Nothing is visible to managers yet.
Active	The cycle is launched. Managers fill in and submit worksheets, and proposals are reviewed.
In Approval	An administrator has closed the cycle. No new submissions; remaining proposals are approved or declined.
Applied	Approved changes are written to employees' pay and the cycle is locked.
Cancelled	The cycle was stopped before it was applied.

Who does what

Administrators create, configure, launch, close, apply and cancel cycles, and can act on any worksheet.
Managers fill in and submit worksheets for their teams. See Filling in and submitting your merit worksheet.

The cycle page

Select New Merit Cycle, give it a Name, and the cycle opens with three tabs:

Settings: timeline, participants, budgets, rules, approval flow and worksheets. Changes save automatically.
Worksheets: progress per manager and per employee once the cycle is live.
Insights: budget, progress, distribution and the projected effect on compa-ratio and the pay gap.

The cycles list

The list shows each cycle's name, status, employees, budget, progress, deadline, creator and entity. You can Duplicate a cycle to reuse its setup, or archive it.

Next steps

Good to know

Merit Cycles is in the sidebar for administrators. If you're an administrator and don't see it, contact Evenpay support.

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