Currently, backpay is paid on a separate paycheck. The email for the backpay paystub comes in a separate email a few days after the original paycheck email, but both checks are still deposited at the bank on the 15th of each month. (See also Pay Stubs.) See also Exiting - Final Paycheck related to final backpay checks.

Back Pay 

When an employee does not have sufficient funds in the account for which he or she is responsible to receive a full paycheck, the employee incurs a "shortcheck" for the earnings that were not able to be paid. Short checked earnings are accrued and tracked by Reliant as "backpay" that an employee is eligible to receive in the event that he or she has excess funds in the account for which he or she is responsible in a pay period, after Reliant fully pays the current month's wages and payroll expenses. Reliant will generally compensate employees for back pay which has been acquired within the current year and past two years, subject to an employee fulfilling his or her obligation to raise the required amount of support for Reliant. See Toolbox for instructions on how to view backpay amounts.

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