Introduction to working patterns

Overview

Each employee has a working pattern that defines their working week. You can:

• Create, edit, or delete working patterns
• Set the default working pattern for your payroll
• Assign working patterns to an employee

Default working pattern

Every payroll has a default working pattern. Sage 50 Payroll Ireland assigns this default to each new employee automatically. You can override the default for an employee when you need to.

The Standard Working Week working pattern comes with Sage 50 Payroll Ireland and acts as the initial default. It includes a common set of working days and working hours.

You can set the different default working pattern when the Standard Working Week doesn’t suit your payroll. You can also edit the Standard Working Week to match your setup.

If an employee works non‑standard hours, you can edit the Total Working Time values in their working pattern.