What is the difference between biweekly and semimonthly payroll?
Biweekly payroll involves paydays that occur 26 times per year, such as every other Friday.
Semimonthly payroll refers to paydays that occur 24 times per year, such as paydays that occur on the 15th day and the last day of every month.
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