Same question.  Start employee as hourly then change to salary.

Good day, Carole... We recommend that you create a new employee record when changing employees from hourly to salary (and vice versa), once you make the new record you can mark the old record as "inactive". During the year end the record will be connected by the social security number so you will be able to merge the data for tax purposes. Here is a link from our client knowledgebase that confirms this information: Can I switch a employee from hourly to salary during the payroll year? (sage.com)

That means state unemployment accruals will also be incorrect.  Why this change?

I'm not sure what you mean by "Why this change"? This has always been the solution for changing employees from hourly to salary... Did you look at the article, Larry?

It has not always been my solution.  It was not blocked before and changing employees from hourly to salary was much easier then. 

That has always been our "recommended" solution, Carole.

I have changed employees before

Obviously, this is a change that we do not like.  Is it possible to make it so that employees can be changed without having to give them a new employee number?   You are now forcing us to do more work and to have their raise history separated, etc.  I don't see any benefit to this restriction; only multiple downsides.

I apologize for the major inconvenience this has caused you... I recommend that you go to "Help" at the top of your Sage 50 and select "Submit Product Idea" to make the suggestion to our developers.

Good morning, Carole... I thought about your "employee number" situation and came up with a solution that may help. You can change the Employee Number (Employee ID) on an existing record, so I recommend that you change the Employee Number on the old record (or add an identifier to the Employee Number like a letter) and then use the same Employee Number in the new record. You have to go to "Maintain" and select "Employee/Sales Rep" and bring up the Employee Record you want to change and click on "Change ID" at the top of the record:

Here are the steps from our client knowledgebase: How do I change an employee name or ID? (sage.com)

Once you change the Employee Number on the old record you can use that same employee number in the new record. I hope this helps with your issue with using the same Employee number when switching from Hourly to Salary.