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# Salary Changes & Raises

> How to change an employee's salary in Omnivoo and how back-pay (arrears) is handled.

When you promote an employee or give a raise, you update their salary directly on their employee record. Omnivoo uses the new amount for the next payroll run and recalculates all statutory and tax components automatically.

There is no separate "Revise Salary" wizard. A salary change is just an edit to the employee's compensation, optionally combined with an arrears adjustment if the raise should apply to months that were already paid.

## Changing an Employee's Salary

<Steps>
  <Step title="Find the employee">
    Open the [Payroll Employees](/payroll/payroll-employees) page (from the Payroll dashboard) and find the employee.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open their record">
    Click the **Edit** (pencil) icon in the Actions column, or click the employee row to open their record.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Update the salary">
    Update the **Salary** field (and the **Pay Period** or **Currency** if those are changing).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Save.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The new salary takes effect from the **next** payroll run. Any run already created keeps the salary that was in effect when it was built.

<Info>
  Omnivoo derives Basic, HRA, Special Allowance, PF, ESI, gratuity, and TDS from the salary you enter, so you only change the salary amount. See [Understanding Salary Structure](/payroll/understanding-salary-structure) for how each component is calculated.
</Info>

## Back-Pay (Arrears)

If a raise is meant to apply retroactively to months that were already paid, pay the difference as **Arrears**. There are two ways to do this:

* **As an adjustment** on the next regular run. Add an **Arrears (Back Pay)** addition for the employee with the total amount owed. See [Adding Adjustments](/payroll/payroll-adjustments/adding-adjustments).
* **As a correction** to the already-completed run. Edit that employee's corrected gross so the delta is paid as arrears. See [Correction Payroll](/payroll/correction-payroll).

### Worked example

Suppose an employee's monthly salary is raised, effective two months back, but the change is made now:

* The two earlier months were paid at the old salary.
* You calculate the per-month difference and total it for the two months.
* Add that total as an **Arrears** adjustment on the next run (or process it as a correction on the original run).
* Arrears appear as a separate line item on the payslip.

## Impact on Deductions and Tax

Because every component is derived from the salary amount, changing it re-derives the rest:

| Component                     | What changes                                                          |
| ----------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Basic Salary**              | Recalculated from the new salary                                      |
| **HRA**                       | Recalculated based on the new Basic                                   |
| **Special Allowance**         | Adjusted as the balancing component                                   |
| **Employee PF / Employer PF** | Recalculated (12% of Basic, capped at ₹15,000 Basic)                  |
| **Gratuity**                  | Recalculated from the new Basic                                       |
| **ESI**                       | Re-evaluated; an employee may exit ESI if gross exceeds ₹21,000/month |
| **TDS**                       | Recalculated for the remainder of the financial year                  |

<Warning>
  If a raise pushes an employee's gross above ₹21,000/month, they exit ESI coverage from that month and no longer receive ESI benefits.
</Warning>

## For Employees: What to Expect

When your salary changes:

1. Your next payslip reflects the updated salary structure.
2. If back-pay is owed, you will see an **Arrears** line item on the payslip for that run.
3. Your TDS may change as your projected annual income is updated. Check your [tax computation statement](/employee-self-service/tax-documents) for details.
4. Update your [investment declarations](/employee-self-service/investment-declarations) if needed to optimize TDS under the new salary.