Step 2 - Setting Approval month.

This step is important to ensure that the backpay is setup correctly before the final step of approving.

To start navigate to Central Data --> Pay Elements --> Cost Of Living Approvals.

The first thing to check is that the start month is correct, i.e. September 2025 (Teaching) or April 2025 (Support)

If the dates state 2024 simply tick all the Payscales and click Re-mirror located on the top right of the page.

After the start month is correct then you can now proceed to check the Approval month - this is the month you wish to pay the backpay in.

To amend the approval month simply tick on the left of the payscale, then at the top of the page you will see a drop down list named "Approval Month"- once happy you can then click "Update Approval Month".

After following all of these steps you will see the Payscales below with the correct start/approval month.