One pay period, narrated
A real, completed payroll run — a client's biweekly payroll across two states, salaried and hourly staff, and California's meal-break premium — walked through out loud, stage by stage, in under two minutes.
Aug 10 – Aug 23 · Time & Attendance
Hourly staff log time as they work it. When Priscilla Yee's Sacramento shifts ran without a logged meal break, the system didn't wait for a manager to notice — it added the premium hour itself, under California's rule, before the sheet ever reached an approver.
| Component | Hours | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Regular | 80.0 | Worked, both weeks |
| CA meal-break premium | 10.0 | Auto-added — 5 missed breaks × 1h premium |
Manager & HR review
Every entry for the period lands in one queue for Leon Brackett and Gwen Ashworth to review. Because the premium hour was already computed correctly, there's nothing to recalculate — approving is confirming, not auditing.
Running in parallel · Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) elections follow their own calendar — open enrollment windows and hire-date waiting periods — so a pay run is never blocked waiting on a benefits form, and a payroll deduction never goes out of sync with what was actually elected.
Before a single dollar is calculated
Ridgeline pays people in two states. Before "Submit & Calculate" does anything, the platform confirms every state it's about to withhold and remit for is properly registered, and every employee has a valid pay rate on file. Miss one, and the run stops here — not after money has already moved.
Sep 2 submission · Pay date Aug 28
Five people, two pay types, two states, one premium-pay exception — and one number at the bottom that ties out to the penny. This is the actual completed run, not a rounded example.
| Employee | Pay type | Hours | Rate | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gwen AshworthHR Director · Sacramento, CA | Salary | — | $112,000/yr | $4,307.69 |
| Leon BrackettWarehouse Ops Manager · Fort Worth, TX | Salary | — | $78,000/yr | $3,000.00 |
| Marcus DelgadoWarehouse Associate · Fort Worth, TX | Hourly | 80.0 | $22.75 | $1,820.00 |
| Talia NgoWarehouse Associate · Fort Worth, TX | Hourly | 80.0 | $21.00 | $1,680.00 |
| Priscilla YeeCustomer Support · Sacramento, CA | Hourly | 90.0* | $26.50 | $2,385.00 |
After calculation
Ridgeline funds a single amount. The platform is the one splitting it into net pay, employee withholding, and employer taxes — and standing behind every filing that comes due, in every state Ridgeline operates in, without a form landing on Gwen's desk.
Six stages, one submission, and a gross figure — $13,192.69 — that reconciles to the penny against five real people's actual hours and rates. Nothing on this page is a rounded example run for a demo; it's what the platform produced.
RIDGELINE OUTDOOR SUPPLY CO. · PAY PERIOD AUG 10–23, 2026 · PEO CO-EMPLOYMENT