You hire an employee on 01-JAN-2016 who is moving banks and has not yet created a personal payment method. How will the employee receive their January payroll?

• A. They will be paid by check, because this is the default payment method on the employee's payroll
• B. They won't receive payment until they have created a personal payment method
• C. A cash payment request will be sent to accounts payable, and the employee will be paid in cash
• D. The payment process will error and they will not receive payment for the month of January

Answer: (A)

The key idea is that Oracle pays a paycheck using the employee’s personal payment method if one is on file; otherwise it falls back to the payroll’s default payment method. In this scenario, the employee has not created a personal payment method, and the payroll configuration uses a default method of check. So the January payroll will be issued as a check. There’s no error and no need for cash payments or AP involvement. Once the employee adds a personal payment method (for example, direct deposit), future payrolls can be paid through that method.