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Work-hour calculation answers a simple operational question: how many hours should count for payroll, billing, job costing, or a weekly review period. The answer comes from clock-in and clock-out spans, minus unpaid breaks, plus any additional work the employer suffered or permitted before or after the scheduled shift.
For U.S. payroll, keep the hour total separate from the legal rule that applies afterward. Covered nonexempt employees in the United States must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a fixed workweek under the FLSA federal baseline. State law, employer policy, or a contract can add stricter rules.
Calculate each shift by subtracting the start time from the end time, then subtract unpaid break time. A 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM shift equals a 9-hour span. If the employee takes a 1-hour bona fide meal period and is completely relieved of duty, paid work time is 8 hours.
Weekly totals come from adding paid work time across the fixed workweek. An FLSA workweek is 168 fixed hours, made of seven consecutive 24-hour periods, and it can start on any day and hour. Hours cannot be averaged across multiple workweeks to avoid overtime for covered nonexempt employees.
Break handling changes the total before any pay rule applies. Federal law does not require meal or rest breaks for adult employees. If an employer provides short breaks, usually about 5 to 20 minutes, federal law treats them as compensable hours worked that count toward weekly overtime.
Time-clock rounding needs the same care. Federal rounding to the nearest 5 minutes, tenth, or quarter-hour is accepted only when it averages out over time and does not underpay employees for actual hours worked. A neutral rounding policy cannot be used to erase recurring early starts, late finishes, or allowed off-schedule work.
A one-off calculation is enough when you need to total a single shift, check a weekly hours number, or verify a small invoice. For example, daily spans of 9, 8, 10, 8, and 9 hours total 44 hours. After 3 unpaid meal hours, paid work time is 41 hours.
At $34 per hour, a covered nonexempt employee has 40 straight-time hours and 1 overtime hour under the FLSA federal baseline. Overtime is at least 1.5 times the regular rate, so the overtime rate is $51 and total pay is $1,411. A managed workflow becomes the better fit when submitted time needs approval, correction, lock rules, billing review, or payroll handoff.
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Subtract each start time from its matching end time, then subtract unpaid break time from that shift. Add the paid shift totals inside the same workweek or pay period. Use decimal hours for payroll totals, so 30 minutes becomes 0.5 hours and 45 minutes becomes 0.75 hours.
Yes. Payroll calculations use decimal hours because rates multiply cleanly by base-10 numbers. Convert minutes by dividing by 60. For example, 15 minutes equals 0.25 hours, 30 minutes equals 0.5 hours, and 50 minutes equals 0.83 hours if rounded to two decimals after conversion.
Yes, if the employer requires, allows, or permits the work. Under the FLSA hours-worked rule, required duty time and additional suffered or permitted work count as hours worked. That includes unscheduled work before or after a shift when the employer knows or has reason to know it occurred.
Federal law does not require extra pay for Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, or regular rest days unless weekly overtime is worked. Covered nonexempt employees receive overtime after 40 hours in a fixed workweek under the FLSA federal baseline. State law, employer policy, or a contract can require extra premium pay.
Federal time-clock rounding can use the nearest 5 minutes, tenth, or quarter-hour only when the method is neutral and averages out over time. The rounding practice cannot cause employees to be underpaid for actual hours worked. Repeatedly rounding early starts down creates payroll risk.
Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person so managers can review time before payroll or billing. Employees can submit time, and admins can approve, reject, partially approve, or lock entries when corrections are finished.
Everhour can lock submitted and approved time so regular members cannot edit entries after approval. That protects payroll and billing review records while still allowing admins to manage corrections through the approval workflow.
Track submitted hours, review exceptions, and lock approved entries before payroll or billing. Everhour Timesheets give teams a cleaner approval trail for recurring work-hour review.
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