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title: "When do accruals take place?"
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description: "Manage accruals in Cintra People HR with flexible schedules: weekly, fortnightly, monthly, or twice a month. Set your preferences easily today!"
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# When do accruals take place?

Accruals in Cintra People HR take place on the next scheduled day.

To access these settings, go to: **Leave > Admin & Config > Leave Profiles >** Select a leave profile **> Entitlements** tab **> Edit (Leave Type)**

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With the **Accrual** or **Annual & Accrual** option selected, there are 4 schedules available:

1. **Weekly**: select a day in the week (Mon-Fri). For example if Friday is selected, every Friday an accrual will occur starting at the next Friday
2. **Fortnightly** (every 2 weeks): select a day of the week (Mon-Fri). For example if Monday is selected, every second Monday there will be an accrual regardless of how many Mondays there are in the month. **The leave start month determines when the fortnightly accrual begins.** For example, if the leave start month is January, and you have a fortnightly accrual for Tuesday, the next Tuesday becomes the first day of accrual and the following accrual is 2 weeks after that and so on. For 2014, this would have been 7th Jan.
3. **Monthly**: select a day in month (1st - 28th). For example if the 28th is selected, an accrual will occur on the 28th of every month starting at the next 28th.
4. **Twice a month**: select 2 dates (1st to 28th). For example, if the 1st & 14th are selected, an accrual will occur on the 1st & 14th of every month, starting at whichever comes next (1st or 14th).