# Ask for payroll to be switched on

> In Weplanify, payroll is on request: an administrator asks for it from the settings, then our team sets it up and switches it on together with you.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Payroll
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.activation?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.activation.md
- Last updated: 2026-10-11

In Weplanify, payroll is not switched on in one click: an administrator asks for it, then the Weplanify team sets it up with you (contracts, contributions, first month) and switches it on. Payroll, [costs](https://weplanify.io/docs/couts?lang=en) and [day labourers](https://weplanify.io/docs/journaliers?lang=en) are switched on together.

![Settings, Payroll section: ask for payroll to be switched on](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fpaie%2Fmaj-2026-10-10%2Factivation-demander-e00442db.webp?alt=media&token=1b8f1c14-6c33-4a38-a5d8-9c3c6711b939)

## Steps

1. Open **Settings → Payroll → Activation**.
2. Click **Ask for payroll to be switched on**.
3. Add a message if you wish: how many employees, how you run payroll today.
4. Click **Send the request**: you receive a confirmation by e-mail, and the page shows **Request sent on…**
5. Our team contacts you and switches it on with you. You then receive the e-mail **Payroll is switched on**, and the [monthly payroll](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.cycle-mensuel?lang=en) shows in the menu.

## Good to know

- Only an administrator can ask; the others read **Your administrator can ask for it to be switched on**.
- If the request is not accepted, the page shows our answer and **Ask again**. To talk about it: amira@weplanify.io.
- Once payroll is switched on, the person who asked receives [payroll access](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.acces?lang=en) if nobody in the company holds it yet.
- Payroll is part of the « HR + payroll + costs » plan of the [subscription](https://weplanify.io/docs/configuration.abonnement?lang=en): our team tells you if a plan change is needed.
- The whole [payroll](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie?lang=en) documentation stays readable before payroll is switched on.

## Related guides

- [Follow the company's expenses](https://weplanify.io/docs/couts?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Expenses screen gathers purchases paid by the company and costs advanced by employees: to approve, to reimburse and to pay.
- [Manage day labourers: arrivals, days and payments](https://weplanify.io/docs/journaliers?lang=en) — In Weplanify, follow the workers paid by the day: need announced, arrivals on site, validated day, then payment in cash or by mobile money too.
- [Follow the monthly payroll step by step](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.cycle-mensuel?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Monthly payroll page shows where payroll stands: the next step, what is left to settle, the provisional figures and the five steps.
- [Give an employee a role and access](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.acces?lang=en) — In Weplanify, make an employee a manager or an administrator from the Access tab of their record: role, groups they manage and what they can do.
- [Your subscription and payments](https://weplanify.io/docs/configuration.abonnement?lang=en) — In Weplanify, see your plan and your next billing date, change your plan, and find the history of your payments and your invoices in one place.
- [Payroll in Weplanify](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the monthly payroll is prepared in five steps, from time, absences and variable elements up to the payslips, the payment and the closing.
- [Payroll settings](https://weplanify.io/docs/configuration.paie?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Payroll group of settings gathers payroll setup, paid leave handling, contributions, pay elements and the accounting export.
- [Find your way in Weplanify: menu and top bar](https://weplanify.io/docs/demarrage.navigation?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the left menu sorts the screens into four sections, and the top bar gathers the search, the help, the notifications and your account.