Lanyard does not run payroll. It gives you clean, approved hours in a file that your payroll provider or bookkeeper can import.

Before you export

  1. Open Timesheets and clear the red flags.
  2. Choose Approve week. Approved hours are locked unless a manager unlocks them.

Export

  1. Choose Export and pick the pay period.
  2. Choose a format: CSV for most payroll tools, or PDF to print.
  3. Download the file.

The CSV has one row per person per day:

name,date,start,end,break_minutes,hours
Anika Rao,2026-10-19,07:00,15:30,30,8.00
Pay rates are not in the file unless you tick Include rates, which only managers can see.