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An employee time card calculation answers three payroll questions: how many hours were worked each day, how many hours count in the fixed workweek, and whether any covered nonexempt employee hours qualify for overtime. The calculation starts with clock-in and clock-out spans, then subtracts only unpaid meal periods that meet the duty-free test.
The result matters before payroll, billing, job costing, and manager approval. FLSA recordkeeping rules require covered employers to keep accurate daily hours and total hours worked each workweek. A complete time card keeps paid short breaks in the total, removes only qualifying unpaid meals, and separates federal overtime arithmetic from any stricter state rule.
Start with each workday. Subtract clock-in from clock-out, add 24 hours when an overnight shift crosses midnight, then subtract only unpaid meal periods. Convert minutes to decimal hours before pay math: 15 minutes equals 0.25 hours, 30 minutes equals 0.50 hours, and 45 minutes equals 0.75 hours.
For example, a covered nonexempt employee records paid daily totals of 8, 9, 8, 10, and 8 hours in one fixed workweek and earns $24.40 per hour. Weekly paid time is 43 hours. Regular pay covers 40 hours, or $976.00. Overtime covers 3 hours at $36.60 per hour, or $109.80. Total gross pay is $1,085.80 before taxes, deductions, or state-specific premiums.
Federal law does not require meal or rest breaks for adult employees, but state labor laws and employer policy can require them. Short breaks provided by an employer, usually about 5 to 20 minutes, are compensable hours worked and count toward weekly overtime. A bona fide meal period is generally unpaid only when the employee is completely relieved from duty.
Time-clock rounding needs the same discipline. Federal rounding to the nearest 5 minutes, one-tenth of an hour, or quarter-hour is accepted only when it averages out over time and does not underpay employees for actual hours worked. The common 7-minute rule comes from quarter-hour rounding, but the payroll result still has to preserve all compensable time over time.
A one-off calculation is enough when you need to check one employee's week, verify an unpaid meal deduction, or estimate overtime before payroll closes. It is also enough for a single correction, such as an overnight shift entered with the clock-out time earlier than the clock-in time.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when employees submit time every week, managers approve exceptions, and payroll needs a dependable record. Everhour integrates with tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, QuickBooks, and Xero, so tracked time and synced project details can move into timesheets, budgets, and reports without duplicate entry.
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Subtract clock-in from clock-out for each workday, add 24 hours for an overnight shift when the clock-out time is earlier, then subtract only unpaid meal periods. Convert remaining minutes to decimal hours and add the daily totals inside the fixed workweek. For covered nonexempt employees, hours over 40 in that workweek receive at least 1.5 times the regular rate.
Yes. Short breaks provided by an employer, usually about 5 to 20 minutes, are compensable hours worked under federal rules. They stay in the daily total and count toward weekly overtime for covered nonexempt employees. Meal periods follow a different rule because a bona fide meal period is unpaid only when the employee is completely relieved from duty.
An employer can subtract a meal period only when the employee actually received a bona fide unpaid meal period, generally 30 minutes or more and completely relieved from duty. A lunch spent answering phones, covering a desk, helping customers, or performing any assigned work remains paid work time. State rules or employer policy can add stricter requirements.
No. FLSA overtime is calculated separately in each fixed, recurring 168-hour workweek. Hours cannot be averaged across two or more workweeks to avoid overtime, even when payroll runs every two weeks. A covered nonexempt employee who works 46 hours in week one and 34 hours in week two has 6 overtime hours in week one.
No. The FLSA does not require extra pay for Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, or regular rest days by itself. Federal overtime turns on hours worked over 40 in the fixed workweek for covered nonexempt employees. A state rule, union agreement, employment contract, or employer policy can require a premium even when federal law does not.
Everhour embeds time tracking controls inside supported tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, and Basecamp. Employees track time where work already happens, while project and task metadata sync into Everhour for timesheets, budgets, and reports.
Everhour timesheets let employees submit weekly project hours or working hours for manager review. Managers can approve, reject, or partially approve submitted time, and approved time stays locked for regular members, giving payroll a cleaner record before totals move into reports or exports.
Connect time tracking inside work tools and route weekly submissions through approval before payroll review. Everhour keeps employee time tied to tasks, budgets, and reports.
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