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January 2, 2023
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How do I enter multiple work comp codes for one employee?

  • January 2, 2023
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Can I create a separate pay type and assign it a different work comp code?

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Bryan_M
January 2, 2023

Thank you for reaching out to the Community, @rachelleclif.

Currently, entering multiple compensation codes for one employee is unavailable. You can, however, add or change pay types for your employee.

 

However, your idea is brilliant, and other users may also find it helpful.

 

In the meantime, you can submit feedback to our software engineers. They may consider adding it to our future product updates.

 

Here's how:

 

  1. Go to the Gear Icon.
  2. Select Feedback.
  3. Type in a brief description of your suggestion and click "Next".

If you want to stay in the loop about the new features and product updates, you can visit this link: QuickBooks Online Blog.

 

You can read through this article if you want to learn how to assign a workers' comp class to an employee in QuickBooks Online Payroll.

 

For more questions about worker's compensation codes and pay types, don't hesitate to reach out to us again. Keep safe.

February 7, 2023

I had come into the same problem when we transferred to QuickBooks online in September 2022. So after lots of research and looking online and talking with support, they said the same thing that you can only assign one workers comp code per employee. We have some employees in our shop who use 4-5 different codes depending on the type of work they are doing. This seems to be an issue I've seen people complain about for years. But QB has not tried to resolve it, just suggesting providing feedback to their software team.... Others have had to manually use spreadsheets to separate the time/wages to the correct code, which is very time consuming they complained.

 

I had to find a way to do this without spending hours separating the time between the 

We use QB Time.I made classes in QBO each class I made was all the codes we use in our shop.  This at least allowed our employees to separate their time by the right code. We still came into the issue of how we would then get the amount of payroll used per code, cause all these classes did was separate the hours by the codes. 

 

I did as you were asking @rachelleclif  I made a different Pay type for each comp code. And assigned these different pay rates to each employee.  Which seemed to work, but since I'm using QB Time for our timesheets I had to get it to work in QB Time as well. I used the Map Classes in the payroll item mapping tools which allows you to assign pay types to classes. You can get there by: (Under preferences in QB Time, then click payroll item mapping tools, Map overrides, Add Override, then click the class and what pay rates you want to assign per class). Make sure your employees have these pay rates assigned to them otherwise it will not work for them.

 

Once I did this, it all worked how I needed it to! I know your situation may not be exactly the same, but I figure this may be a good solution for anyone running into this problem who use both QBO & QB Time and have employees who use multiple workers comp codes.

March 9, 2023

Hi there - I'm having the same issue.  We use LMN Time and when it exports to QBOnline it doesn't breakdown to the paychecks.  This is a huge issue as we use multiple classes per employee.  Would you please send me a sample of how you did this?  Thanks!

March 9, 2023

I am unsure what LMN Time is. We use QB Time, so the process will be completely different. If you ever move to QB Time, I would happily show you how we did this. I wish I could be more help to you.