User Guide

Changes and New Features in Canadian and US Payroll
18 Sage Accpac ERP Extended Enterprise Edition
• New option on payroll forms. Many Payroll forms now let you use
selection lists to select employees. Most Payroll report forms also
provide Selection List fields.
Enhanced FLSA Payroll Calculation in US Payroll
FLSA Overtime Calculated on a Weekly Basis
In previous versions, for employees who were paid less frequently than
weekly (say, biweekly or semimonthly), Payroll made one FLSA overtime
calculation for the entire pay period.
Now, Payroll calculates FLSA Hourly overtime, as follows:
• For employees who are paid less frequently than biweekly, Payroll
automatically calculates overtime separately for each week in a pay
period.
• For employees who are paid biweekly, you use the new Calculate
Overtime On A Weekly Basis option to specify whether to calculate
overtime on a weekly or a biweekly basis. During payroll calculation:
− If the option is selected, Payroll checks to ensure that the overtime
schedule assigned to the employee is valid for the FLSA calculation.
If the overtime schedule is valid, Payroll calculates FLSA overtime
pay separately for each week in the biweekly pay period.
Note: The overtime schedule must be a weekly overtime schedule
— that is, it must include a period of seven days.
− If the option is not selected, Payroll performs one FLSA calculation
for the entire pay period.
This new option is available on the Pay tab of the Employees form for
biweekly employees, only, when you specify the FLSA Hourly overtime
calculation method.
The option is selected automatically as the default for new biweekly
employees. However, when you upgrade to version 5.6, the option is
not selected for existing employees, and the calculation remains the
same as in the previous version (where the program performs one
FLSA calculation for the entire pay period), unless you change it.
Finer Control of FLSA Overtime Calculations Involving Tips
For employees whose
overtime calculation method is FLSA Hou
rly and who
are not paid daily or weekly, you can now enter a number of days worked
for the Reported Tips earning and the Allocated Tips earning on detailed
Payroll timecards.