Reduce a salaried employee's pay for one paycheck

Sometimes you might need to adjust a salaried employee's pay by reducing the hours for a pay period — for example, if the employee starts a job in the middle of a week or takes unpaid leave. To calculate the employee's pay, we translate the salary into an hourly rate before making the adjustment.

To reduce the number of hours for one pay period:

1. In the left navigation bar, select Employees.
2. Click Run payroll.
3. Select employees to pay, and then enter their pay details.
4. Click the amount in the Salary column to reduce a salaried employee's pay. Set the following options in the Salary window:
   1. Select Pay regular salary to pay the regular salary shown.
   2. Select Adjust salary this time only, and then enter the number of hours to deduct from the regular salary for unpaid time off.
5. Click Apply to update the employee's paycheck.
6. Finish running payroll.

To undo your changes, simply click the amount in the Salary column again, select Pay regular salary, and then click Apply.

See also

• Why hours are shown for salaried employees too
• Payroll topics

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