How to add hourly-paid employees

• Modified on: Tue, 1 Sep, 2026 at 10:33 AM

Some employees don't get a fixed monthly salary. They get paid by the hour. This is common for:

• On-call workers
• Zero-hour contract workers

Step 1: Set up the employee correctly

• Don't use a fixed monthly wage.
• Instead, enter a fixed hourly wage.
• Change the setting from "per month" to "per hour."
  
  
  
• You can leave "days per week" and "hours per week" at zero.
  
  

Step 2: Add the hours they worked

• When you process payroll, go to that employee.
• Enter the number of hours they actually worked.
  
  
• They will only get paid for those hours.

Step 3: Watch out for ZV premium (Curaçao and St. Maarten only)

This part is important:

• If "days per week" is set to zero, the SVB/SZV ZV premium will NOT be charged.
• If you do want this employee to pay ZV premium (for example, they work 5 or 6 days a week), then:
  • Set "days per week" to 5 or 6
  • Turn ON the ZV premium setting
• You can still leave "hours per week" at zero — that part doesn't matter for ZV premium.