Reading the Pay screen
The Pay screen shows what your cheque should be: what you earned, what comes off, and your take-home pay.
Choosing what to see
Tap the menu at the top right of the Pay screen:
Pay period: one cheque. Use the arrows to step to earlier or later cheques.
Month: every cheque paid in a month, added together.
Year: every cheque paid in a year, added together.
Months and years count cheques by payday, so they match your bank deposits and your T4.
If you have more than one job, tap the job name to switch.
Suggested image: the Pay screen for a pay period showing Net estimate, Earnings and Deductions.
What each card shows
Net estimate: your take-home pay, with gross pay and deductions underneath. While the pay period is still going, it says Net so far.
Earnings: your hours and pay by rate, such as Regular, Time and a half and Double time. It also shows minimum pay, meal allowances, premiums, holiday pay, vacation pay, overtime you banked, and banked time paid out, when you have them.
Retro pay: appears when a raise was back-dated and the difference is paid on this cheque.
Deductions: federal and provincial tax, CPP, EI, union dues and any other deductions, with the total.
CPP and EI this year: how much you've paid toward each yearly maximum, counting this cheque and the ones before it.
Banked time: appears once your contract has banked some overtime. See "How does banked time work?"
Your actual cheque: compare your real pay stub with the estimate (Pro). See "Why your estimate can differ from your cheque."
How this was worked out: the steps of the tax calculation, if you're curious.
On Month and Year, a list of each cheque. Tap one to open its pay period.
Good to know
While a pay period is still going, deductions use the rate for a typical cheque, so they don't jump around every time you add a shift.
If a holiday could add more pay, a note under Earnings tells you to answer the holiday's questions in Week.
Estimates only. Not legal or tax advice. Your employer's payroll may differ.