Available for the following Payroll plans: Standard, Premium
Available for the following user access levels: Employee, Manager, Admin
To ensure maximum security in the payroll platform, the authentication app (if enabled) will be the default option to receive verification codes when verifying two-factor authentication.
You will still be able to choose to receive your verification code to their mobile number and/or email address.
Getting started
If you do not have the Google Authenticator app already on your phone, start at this step.
- Head to the Google Play store (for Androids) or the App Store (for Apple).
- Search for Google Authenticator.
- Click on Download.
- Once your Google Authenticator app has downloaded, tap on Get started.
- Log in to your Google account or Use Authenticator without an account. br
If you have already downloaded the Google Authenticator app, but have not yet added it to your payroll account, start with these instructions.
- Log into your payroll account
- Click on your name in the top right-hand side corner of the screen.
- Click on My Account.
- Click on Two-Factor Authentication.
- Click on Configure Authentication App.
- A QR code will appear in a pop-up box. Use your Google Authenticator app to take a photo of the QR code.
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Enter the 6-digit code that the Google Authenticator app creates into the field in the pop-up box.
- Click the Configure button.
- You will see Authentication app has been set up successfully.
Once you have downloaded the Google Authenticator app and added it to your payroll account, log int using Google Authenticator this way.
- Log into your payroll platform.
- Click on Try another way.
- Select Using an Authenticator app.
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Input the code from Google Authenticator into the code field.
Important
Please note that the code in the screenshot is an example code only. You need to get your own code for your payroll account from your Google Authenticator app.
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