Biweekly Payroll Transition
Pay Periods and Check Dates
The transition date from monthly to biweekly pay will determine when you receive your first biweekly paycheck and may affect the timing and amount of your pay during the transition.
To review pay period start and end dates and the corresponding pay dates, see the Payroll Office’s Biweekly Pay Schedule and Monthly Pay Schedule.
Benefit Deductions, Voluntary Contributions, and Withholding
Most benefit deductions will be divided evenly between the first two biweekly paychecks of each month. However, some deductions, voluntary contributions, and withholding may require action when transitioning from monthly to biweekly pay. See the information below to determine whether you need to make any changes.
In months with three biweekly pay periods, the third paycheck will not include benefit deductions.
Benefit deductions for medical, dental, vision, mandatory retirement plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, and voluntary life and dependent life insurance will be automatically recalculated for you. No action is required on your part.
parking fees for employees paid biweekly are deducted by pay period. Your deductions will continue with no action required by you.
The amount you currently contribute to your 403(b) or 457(b) Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans in each monthly pay will be the same amount you contribute in each biweekly pay unless you make a change.
Log in to Retirement@Work for the 403(b) and/or BGSU 457(b). Select the new contribution amount(s) per pay. Please review the pay calendar and associated deadline to enter this change within the Retirement@Work system to validate you are completing this timely to be effective for the beginning of your first biweekly paycheck.
For the Ohio Deferred Comp 457(b), please contact them directly for assistance to update your contribution amount per pay. They will assist you with the required timing and steps to be completed to be effective for the beginning of your first biweekly paycheck.
If you have additional Federal or State taxes withheld from your paychecks, be sure to review those amounts, and update them if necessary.
- Federal tax withholding changes can be made within the MyBGSU portal
- State tax witholding changes can be made by completing a new form IT-4, which can be found on the Payroll Website.
If you use your financial institution’s personal bill-pay service for making payments, such as for credit card payments, utility bills and home mortgage payments, you are encouraged to review the timing of these payments relative to your new paycheck schedule. To make a change, contact your financial institution and the billing entity as soon as possible, as advance notice may be required.
If you have your direct deposit split to multiple accounts and one of those is set to a flat dollar amount, that dollar amount will not automatically change based on your increased number of pays. If you would like to make an adjustment, you can update this through your myBGSU portal.
Updated: 09/17/2026 03:35PM