Division of Financial Services
Payroll
Cornell has chosen DailyPay to provide earned wage access (EWA) and pay card services to eligible Cornell employees.
This service is entirely optional. See the Service Overview and How It Works below for more details.
DailyPay is available to Cornell employees who earn less than $200,000 per year. They are not available to student employees.
DailyPay lets you access your earned wages before payday. You can use it with:
You can manage your account online or through the DailyPay mobile app, available on:
To enroll, visit the Cornell-specific DailyPay website.
Once enrolled as a DailyPay customer, you can:
If you don't have a bank account or a debit card of your own, you can use the Wisely Pay Visa Card.
See Payroll Pay Card for Wisely Pay Card setup instructions.
You can request an advance multiple times each week to your bank account, debit card, or pay card.
Fees are as follows:
On your regular Cornell payday, your final net pay is deposited, minus any advances you have taken that pay period.
For questions, technical support, or to deactivate your DailyPay, contact the DailyPay Support team:
Normally, you see your compensation and paystubs in Workday and receive a paycheck at standard intervals: biweekly for non-exempt hourly employees or semimonthly for exempt salaried employees. If you choose to enroll in DailyPay, Cornell will still process payroll according to its Pay Calendars, and you will continue to see your paystubs in Workday, but your payment elections in Workday must change. See Direct Deposit and Paper Checks below.
As we do with many of our third-party service providers, Cornell has negotiated a contract with DailyPay that specifies Cornell will share only the data necessary to enable eligible employees the option to enroll in and have immediate access to the EWA services.
Using these services does not change the amount or timing of benefit deductions or taxes withheld from your paycheck. DailyPay only receives your estimated earned net pay, which is used to determine the amount of advance funds made available to you. DailyPay does not receive information about your benefit deductions or tax withholding. This service does not affect the payroll process. Cornell continues to process payroll and pay employees on a biweekly or semimonthly basis.
If you have set up direct deposit in Workday before, when you enroll in DailyPay, your payment elections in Workday must be updated.
With DailyPay, you must enter your direct deposit details in the DailyPay app.
After you enroll with DailyPay using your own bank account or debit card, you cannot change your payment elections in Workday yourself. DailyPay will set your direct deposit details in Workday to the banking information you used with your DailyPay account.
Here's how it works on payday:
If you choose to use the Wisely Visa Pay card, you must manually update your banking information in Workday to your Wisely pay card. On payday, Cornell will send your paycheck to that account. See Payroll Pay Card for Wisely Pay Card setup instructions.
If you currently receive paper checks, you won't get them anymore if you enroll in DailyPay. If you enroll in DailyPay, you must either provide your banking information to DailyPay for direct deposit purposes or accept your Cornell paycheck on a Wisely Pay Visa card (which you can use without a bank account). See Direct Deposit above.
DailyPay determines the estimated earned net pay available for use as a percentage of your regular compensation and hours worked to date during the pay period. This amount is based on the hours entered into Workday for non-exempt employees, or on base salary for exempt employees. DailyPay calculates how much of that estimated amount is available for use, minus any advance funds you have already taken during that period.
Cornell continues to process payroll and pay employees on a biweekly or semimonthly basis. DailyPay deposits your net pay, minus any advances taken during the pay period, into your account.
Missing or inaccurate timekeeping will prevent DailyPay from recognizing hours worked. As a result, there may be a delay in your access to funds through DailyPay.
The available transfer balance in your DailyPay account will fluctuate. Here’s how that process works in the DailyPay app:
You can cancel your DailyPay account in the app or online. When your account balance is $0, your account will be fully canceled out. You can then update your direct deposit information in Workday if you cancel your entire account. Your cancelation will be completed within the next pay period or two, depending on your balance when you cancel.
If you decide to cancel only your Wisely Pay Visa card, you can do so in the DailyPay app or online and then change your direct deposit information in DailyPay to the bank account or debit card you want to use.
See Direct Deposit above for information on how your payment elections change in Workday.
