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Switch your employee to hourly, salaried, or commission
If your employee's classification is changing, you should update this in Gusto.
- Click the People tab.
- Click your employee’s name.
- Navigate to the Job & Pay tab.
- Click Edit next to the Compensation section.
- Next to Employee Type, select one of the below–check out this resource for more info on classifying your employee:
- Salary/No Overtime
- Salary/Eligible for Overtime
- Paid by the Hour.
- Commission only/No overtime
- Commission only/Eligible for overtime
- Update the compensation rate or default hours per pay period if applicable.
- Click Save.
Note: If you are using multiple pay schedules, there may be a gap or overlap in the employee's hours for this payroll.
- If there is a gap between the employee's old and new pay schedules, process an off-cycle payroll for the in-between dates with the prorated amount.
- If there is an overlap, you will need to edit the pay on the employee's next regular payroll with the reduced prorated amount.
Payroll, benefits, HR and more.