How employee pay is calculated using timesheets

If you are using timesheets for payroll, it's important to understand that timesheets are for hourly employees, but can be used for salaried employees if you wish (most likely to keep timesheet records of vacation and sick hours).

Timesheet use affects hourly employees' pay and salaried employees' pay in very different ways.

Hourly employees are paid exclusively from timesheets -- which means you must make timesheet entries to pay your employees.

Salaried employees are always paid their recurring pay amounts. If you make any entries to their timesheets, pay for their timesheet hours is added to their recurring pay amounts.

If you make vacation pay or sick pay entries to salaried employees' timesheets, you must make adjustments in the Pay Employee window to the Base Salary amount so the pay total remains correct.[To pay vacation and sick pay (using timesheets)]

Step by step

To make a timesheet entry