Different Rate for Weekdays and Weekends

Hello TerryEnny,

It's awesome that you're able to offer different rates to your employees based on what day they're working. I'll gladly show you how to reflect this in your QuickBooks Online Payroll module so you can have the system do the calculations for you.

For this kind of request, a key piece of information is knowing whether you're using the Standard or Advanced Payroll module since the options and steps to follow are different between the two. That's okay, I'll go over both. Simply choose the steps you need and follow along.

Set up another hourly rate in Standard Payroll

1. Select Employees from the left menu.
2. Click Add employee to add a new employee or click the name of an existing employee, then Edit employee.
3. Click the pencil icon for the How much do you pay employee? section.
4. For a new employee, first set up the initial hourly rate.
5. To add a second hourly rate, click Add an hourly rate.
6. Name the rate and enter an amount in the given fields.
7. Make sure the box is checked to have it apply to the employee.
8. Select Done to save.

Now when you run payroll, there will be an additional field on the employee line where you can add the hours worked for that hourly rate. The program will calculate based on what you entered for that hourly amount. Here's an article that you can reference for this: Pay multiple hourly rates

Set up another hourly rate in Advanced Payroll

1. Select Employees from the left menu.
2. Choose the Employees tab.
3. Click Add employee or Edit beside an existing employee.
4. Go to the Employment tab to set up rates.
5. Set up the main hourly rate as the Primary assignment in Job info.
6. Set up the second hourly rate as another Job by clicking Add job.
7. Click Save when done.

These two "jobs" will appear as separate lines when you run payroll, but they will still create a single cheque for your employee. Another option instead of adding the second rate as a job is to add it as an Income type. This option will create another field on the singular employee line when running payroll. Learn more here: How to assign income type to employees and contractors

I hope that helps! I'll be here if you have further questions.