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Hours vs Decimal: Pay Employees the Right Way

Learn the difference between time displays (2:04) and payroll calculations (2.07) to ensure accurate employee payments.

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Caution About Time Format Displays

The Dashboard and Time screens show employees' time in hours:minutes format (2:04) - notice the colon (:) instead of a decimal point (2.07). While this format is easier to read, it's not the format you should use for payroll.

Use Decimal Hours for Payroll

On the Time menu, select the first Open pay period and then press the green button, Prepare Payroll.

Note that when on a Current pay period that hasn't reached its end date, the option is to Preview Payroll.

For pay periods already Closed, the option is to View the payroll hours.

On the Time screen, Dennis' hours show as 2:04. That's 2 hours: 4 Minutes.

Click the Preview Payroll button to see the hours in the decimal format that you must pay by, 2.07.

Next up... steps to Prepare Payroll Hours article.

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