Creating benefits for biweekly pay period

Employees in a company accrue 5 hours of benefits per pay period, which is every two weeks (biweekly). However, to accumulate the correct 26 pay periods in a year, they get paid on every other week. In case of a semi-monthly pay period (twice a month), there are 24 pay periods and employees get paid on the 15th and 30th of each month.

Follow the steps given below to create a benefit for a biweekly (two weeks) pay period: 

1. In BQE CORE, create the relevant benefit in the Benefits list with the benefit period as two weeks.

2. Set the benefits earning rule as: Employee earns 2.50 hours per week for 0 - 2 weeks.  This means the employee earns 2.50 hours of benefit per week or 5 hours every two weeks. (In case of semi-monthly, the benefits earning rule can be: Employee earns 2.50 hours per week for 0 – 2.17 weeks or Employee earns 10 hours per month for 0 – 4.00 months.)

3. The next step is to assign the benefit to the qualifying employees in the Employees > Human Resources screen.

Second pay period starting January 14 to January 28, 2024, the employee earns 10 hours of benefits.