Which payroll software complies with Honduran labor law?
PayCoreHN is built specifically for Honduras: it applies the rules of the Honduran Código del Trabajo (Labor Code) and the official IHSS, RAP and SAR tables. Unlike a generic or international system, the country rules do not have to be configured by hand — they ship with the product, in a central legal catalog that is updated when the law changes.
How is IHSS calculated in Honduras?
IHSS contributions are capped at a monthly ceiling, which for 2026 is L 11,903.13. There are two schemes: Sickness and Maternity, at 2.5 % from the employee and 5 % from the employer; and Disability, Old Age and Death, at 2.5 % from the employee and 3.5 % from the employer. PayCoreHN applies both ceilings separately and also computes the employer share for reporting.
How is RAP calculated?
RAP (Régimen de Aportaciones Privadas, Honduras’s mandatory private pension scheme) is calculated on the portion of salary above L 11,903.13 per month, at 1.5 % from the employee and 1.5 % from the employer. Anyone earning below that floor does not contribute. PayCoreHN computes the base, both contributions and the file RAP requires.
How is income tax (ISR) withheld from an employee in Honduras?
ISR is withheld using an annual progressive table. For 2026 the first bracket is exempt up to L 228,324.32; from there to L 348,154.10 the rate is 15 %; up to L 809,660.75 it is 20 %; and above that, 25 %. PayCoreHN projects the employee’s annual income, computes the withholding for each pay period and adjusts it as actual income changes, with a configurable projection method.
How is a worked public holiday paid in Honduras?
Under articles 339 and 340 of the Honduran Labor Code, work on a public holiday or mandatory rest day is paid at double — a 100 % premium over the ordinary hour — plus a compensatory rest day. This is a different calculation from the overtime premium of article 330, and confusing the two is a common error: PayCoreHN keeps them separate and lets a company pay above the statutory minimum if it agreed to.
What is the overtime rate in Honduras?
Article 330 of the Labor Code sets the premium by shift: 25 % for daytime, 37.5 % for mixed and 50 % for night shifts, and 75 % when the overtime extends a night shift. That is separate from a worked public holiday, which is paid at double under articles 339 and 340. PayCoreHN classifies each hour against the employee’s actual shift and applies the right factor.
What is "séptimo día" (seventh-day pay)?
It is the paid weekly rest day required by Honduran law. An employee with unjustified absences during the week can lose the right to have it paid. The rule is not applied identically by every company, so in PayCoreHN it is decided per incidence type which ones forfeit seventh-day pay, rather than applying one fixed rule to everyone.
When are the 13th and 14th month salaries paid?
The 13th month (aguinaldo) is paid in December and the 14th in June, each equal to one month of salary for a full year worked. An employee who joined or left mid-year is entitled to the pro-rated portion. PayCoreHN calculates both, including the pro-rata by hire date.
Does PayCoreHN pay the payroll or move the money?
No. PayCoreHN is calculation software: it does not receive, hold, transfer or disburse funds, and it has no access to the company’s bank accounts. What it does is generate the file in the format the bank requires, so the company can upload it to its own online banking and authorize the payment itself. The company decides what to pay and executes every payment.
How much does PayCoreHN cost?
The Base plan, which includes the statutory modules and 5 users, runs from $70 per month for 10 employees up to $200 per month for 120. The Full plan includes every premium module and 10 users, from $280 per month. Premium modules can also be bought individually on top of a Base plan: biometric clocks $40, employee portal $30, SAP Business One $45, contractors $40, canteen $15 and mid-period advances $20. All prices are monthly and in US dollars, with a 5 % discount on annual billing and a 30-day guarantee.
Does it work for construction companies and contractor payments?
Yes, and it is one of the cases it was designed for. Beyond employee payroll, PayCoreHN tracks projects with budget against actual spend, contractor payment documents that go through an approval flow, and retentions with their release. A consolidated dashboard shows payroll cost and contractor cost together, which is the figure a site manager needs.
Does it integrate with SAP Business One?
Yes. The SAP Business One module posts payroll journal entries, contractor entries and payment documents straight into SAP with no re-keying, and works against both SQL Server and HANA.
Does it work with biometric time clocks?
Yes, with ZKTeco clocks. PayCoreHN reads the punches, matches them against each employee’s shift — including shifts that rotate by week — and automatically raises late-arrival, absence and early-departure incidences, which then go through approval before they affect payroll.
Can I run several companies from one account?
Yes. PayCoreHN is multi-company and each company lives in its own isolated database schema, so one company’s data never mixes with another’s. That is how accounting firms and groups with several legal entities use it.
