Requesting a Payroll Advance

Payroll Advances are for employees to receive a portion of their upcoming paycheck early. It is not "extra" or "additional" salary. Employees who are granted a Payroll Advance will, in most cases, have the advance subtracted from their next paycheck. When the Payroll Advance is deducted, the employee's pay stub will show the advance deduction as "Advance Repayment" in the Gross to Net Pay section of the pay stub. 

Maximum Advance Amount:

In most cases, the maximum amount the employee is eligible to receive is an estimate of their upcoming paycheck's "net" (after tax) payroll amount.

• Reliant will reserve an estimated tax amount from all salary advances. 
• If there are other advances or charges to the MTD account to take precedence in Order of Pay (before payroll expenses), those factors will be assessed when determining how much money can be advanced to the employee.

A Payroll advance request must meet the guidelines below, and the granting or denial of a Payroll Advance request is within the sole discretion of Reliant.

Payroll Advance Guidelines:

1. Sufficient time worked: The employee must have worked sufficient time in the current month to “earn” the wages being advanced. Payroll Advances may also be based on a significant bonus or a projected payout of back pay in their next paycheck.
   • International workers requesting a Payroll Advance in excess of one month's wages don't have to meet this requirement, as long as there is a reasonable expectation that they will be employed for the length of time for which the advance is being requested.
   • For hourly time card employees, the employee is required to submit a copy of the unpaid time card to substantiate that they have worked sufficient hours to offset the amount of advance being requested. The time card should be emailed along with the Payroll Advance request.
2. Sufficient funds in the MTD account are present (whether from the previous month's balance alone or the current month's giving (from recurring or single gifts) to cover the amount being advanced. 
3. Payroll Advance requests must be submitted from a @reliant.org email address for verification purposes.
   
4. Payroll must have 3-5 business days to approve and process the request. 
   1. Funds will be received via direct deposit into the employee's account on file either on the 20th of the month or the last business day of the month (depending on when the request is received).
   2. Funds may be direct deposited earlier for a $10 rush fee (certain restrictions may apply in cases of bank holidays etc. Please notify payroll@reliant.org of this special request as part of your completed Payroll Advance request form to find out the availability of this option).
   3. International employees who are participating in our monthly wire service program (see Receiving Your Paycheck Overseas) may also elect to have funds wired into their International bank account on file, for a $20 rush fee.

Complete the Payroll Advance Form and email or share it with payroll@reliant.org.

Advances on PayStubs: