The system must pay each employee. Employees must be paid the correct amount, on time, by the method that they specifiy. Also, various deductions must be taken from their pay.
Some employees work by the hour.
THey are paid an hourly rate that is one of the fields in their employee record. They submit daily time cards that record the date and the number of hours worked. If they work more than 8 hours per day, they are paid 1.5 times their normal rate for those extra hours. They are paid every Friday. Some employees are paid a flat salary.