Hours Per Pay Period

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Hours Per Pay Period is a set number of hours the employee works in a payroll period. This option is available if you selected Hours-Hours Per Pay Period or Salary as the pay method in the Pay Info tab of the Maintain Employees/Sales Reps window. Each time you enter a payroll check, the number of hours entered in the Hours Per Pay Period field will appear on the employee's pay stub when calculating gross wages. You can override this standard number of hours at any time prior to printing and saving paychecks.

The amount of hours entered in the Hours Per Pay Period field will be used in the first hourly pay level during payroll entry. The Hours Per Pay Period field value will default to a full-time work schedule based on the selected pay frequency.

Pay Frequency	Default Number of Hours
Weekly	40
Bi-Weekly	80
Semi-Monthly	88
Monthly	176
Annually	2112

Tip: If you have part-time employees who work a set number of hours a week (for example, 20), change the default hours accordingly to make payroll entry easier to manage.