The “hours worked” field allows you to track hours for your salaried employees. The hours worked may be used for reporting information to third-party administrators or state agencies. The field also enables you to track time-off (benefits) accrual (employee benefits for Personal, Vacation, and Sick Time).
We calculate a default value of hours worked per payroll period based on your payroll frequency. These values are set up for your salaried full-time, temporary, and 1099-contractor employees.
The recommended default values for full-time, salaried employees are:
- Weekly Payroll — 40 hours
- Every Other Week (Bi-weekly) Payroll — 80 hours
- Twice a Month (Semi-monthly) Payroll — 86.67 hours
- Monthly Payroll — 173.33 hours
To set up default hours, navigate to “Company” and click on "Default Salary Hours." You may use the preset values or enter your own.
For salaried, part-time employees, we set the “Hours Worked” default value at half the full-time employee default values listed above.
You can set default hours for individual employees by navigating to the employee's record, clicking "Pay Rate," clearing the checkbox under "Hours Worked" and then entering the value.