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The calculation turns a start time, end time, and break duration into hours actually worked. In France, that usually means reading entries in 24-hour HH:mm format, subtracting unpaid break time, and then applying the hourly rate if you need a straight-time pay amount. A timesheet total should separate clocked span from paid work time because a long presence period can include unpaid lunch or another break.
France also adds working-time checks around the arithmetic. Adult employees must receive at least 20 consecutive minutes after 6 consecutive hours of daily work. The legal working time for full-time employees is 35 hours per week, equal to 151.67 hours per month or 1,607 hours per year, and hours beyond the legal duration are treated as overtime unless an exception applies.
French records normally use 24-hour time, such as 08:00 to 17:30, and day-first dates, such as 06/06/2026. That format removes AM/PM ambiguity, but overnight work still needs a date attached to each punch. A shift from 22:00 on Monday to 06:00 on Tuesday is 8 elapsed hours before breaks, not a negative number or a same-day 16-hour gap.
Lunch counts as break time under French law when it sits between two periods of actual work. There is no separate statutory lunch-break duration beyond the applicable break rules. Break time is generally unpaid unless it qualifies as actual working time, such as when the employee must remain available to the employer, or a collective, company, or branch agreement provides paid breaks.
Start with elapsed time, convert break minutes to decimal hours, then subtract unpaid breaks. For example, an employee works from 08:00 to 17:30, takes a 45-minute unpaid lunch break, and earns €24 per hour. The elapsed span is 9.5 hours. The break is 0.75 hours. Paid time is 8.75 hours, so straight-time pay is €210 before taxes, deductions, overtime treatment, or premiums.
The same structure works across a week: calculate each day first, then add the paid daily totals. Keep paid breaks in the total only when the break qualifies as actual working time or a collective, company, or branch agreement makes it paid. Adult actual daily work may not exceed 10 hours in the general case, with limited derogations such as labor-inspector approval, emergencies, or collective-agreement rules allowing up to 12 hours.
A one-off calculation is enough when you need to check one shift, correct one manual timesheet row, or explain a pay line to an employee. The result should show start time, end time, unpaid break duration, paid hours, and the rate used. Keep the raw entries because the final decimal total alone does not prove whether the break rule, daily rest rule, or overtime boundary was handled correctly.
A managed workflow fits recurring payroll and billing review. Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person, let users submit time for approval, and let admins approve, reject, partially approve, or lock entries. That approval trail matters when multiple people edit time, when unpaid breaks need consistent handling, or when approved hours move into payroll or client billing.
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Subtract the start time from the end time, convert unpaid break minutes into decimal hours, and subtract those break hours from the elapsed span. A 09:00 to 18:00 shift has 9 elapsed hours. A 60-minute unpaid break equals 1 hour, so paid time is 8 hours before any overtime, premium, tax, or deduction treatment.
Lunch is treated as break time between two periods of actual work. It is generally unpaid unless it qualifies as actual working time, such as when the employee must remain available to the employer during the break. A collective, company, or branch agreement can also provide paid breaks, so payroll review should follow the applicable agreement.
The legal working time for full-time employees in France is 35 hours per week, equal to 151.67 hours per month or 1,607 hours per year. Hours beyond the legal duration are treated as overtime unless an exception applies. A weekly hours total should therefore separate ordinary hours, overtime hours, and paid time not worked.
Employees under 18 must receive at least a 30-minute consecutive break after a continuous work period of 4 hours 30 minutes, with collective agreements allowed to provide a longer break. That rule changes compliance review first. The paid-hours total changes only when the break is unpaid, paid by agreement, or counted as actual working time.
A timesheet should not ignore rest checks when it supports payroll or scheduling review. Adult employees generally must receive at least 11 consecutive hours of daily rest between working days, and adult weekly rest is generally 35 consecutive hours. Actual weekly work may not exceed 48 hours in the same week or an average of 44 hours over 12 consecutive weeks, subject to exceptional derogations.
Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person, so managers can review submitted time before payroll, billing, or reporting. Admins can approve, reject, partially approve, and lock submitted entries, which keeps corrected break and work-hour totals from changing after review.
Use Everhour Timesheets to collect, approve, and lock weekly work hours before payroll or billing, with a clearer review trail than repeated manual calculations.
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