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February 25, 2025
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How do I setup Paid Sick leave to accrue for Missouri's new PSL law? It would be 1 hour for every 30 hours worked.

  • February 25, 2025
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I need to know how I can setup it up so that employees (hourly and salary) can start accruing paid sick leave. It is 1 hour earned sick leave per 30 hours worked up to 56 hours for the year. How can I get Quickbooks to track this, if it can?

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Candice C
February 25, 2025

Good afternoon, @pmoran1

 

Welcome back to the Community! I'd be more than happy to point you in the right direction to get this set up in your account. 

 

First, let's create a time off payroll item:

 

  1. Select Lists, then Payroll Item List.
  2. Press Payroll Item ▼ dropdown, then New.
  3. Click Custom Setup, then Next.
  4. Tap Wage, then Next.
  5. Choose Annual Salary or Hourly Wages, then Next.
  6. Select Sick or Vacation Pay, then Next.
  7. Enter a name for the item, then Next. Note: If you use time off you can rename this item to TO.
  8. Choose the expense account you want for the item, then Finish.

 

Next, add a time off policy to your employee: 

 

  1. Select Employees, then Employee Center.
  2. Pick the employee name.
  3. Tap Payroll Info, then select Sick/Vacation.
  4. Enter the number of hours that are currently available for the employee in the Hours available as of mm/dd/yyyy field. Note: This is the total amount of hours available as of the date you add sick or vacation to the employee profile.
  5. Click the Accrual period ▼ dropdown menu and choose one of the three accrual periods for sick time listed above.
  6. In the Hours Accrued field, enter the number of hours that will be accrued (based on your selection in step 5).
  7. (Optional) In the Maximum number of hours field, enter the maximum balance of sick hours that the employee can have.
  8. If you do not allow hours to roll over to the next year, hit “Reset hours each new year?”.
  9. Enter the start date of the accrual year.
  10. Note: Use January 1 for calendar year or hire date if accrual happens on an employee's anniversary date.
  11. Enter the date that sick time should begin accruing.
  12. To specify accrual information for vacation hours, repeat steps 4 through 10 for the Vacation section of the window.
  13. Press OK to record your changes.

 

Check out more details on these actions through this guide: Set up and track time off in payroll.

 

This should do the trick! If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to come back. Take care!