Seeking Guidance on 2026 benefit deductions accidentally carrying over to first pay cycle of 2027

Summary:

Hello,

We are seeking guidance on how organizations are handling the their first pay cycle for Jan 2027, since 1/1/2027 falls on a national holiday.

For context, our organization operates on several different payroll schedules, where our salaried, exempt employees are paid on a monthly schedule, and our hourly, non-exempt population are paid weekly. Our monthly employees are paid on the 27th of each month and weekly employees are paid each Friday. We pay our hourly employees based on their previous week's hours; however, we pay "forward-facing" for our monthly employees. For example, our monthly employees will be paid October 27th for the month of November. Our hourly employees will be paid this Friday, October 16th for all hours worked that previous week (October