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A time card calculation answers three payroll questions: how many hours count as paid work, whether the employee crossed an overtime threshold, and which hours belong in the payroll handoff. For U.S. employers, the federal baseline starts with the FLSA workweek, a fixed 168-hour period. Covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in that fixed workweek.
The calculation also separates time worked from time present. Required duty time, pre-shift work, post-shift work, and other work the employer suffers or permits count as hours worked. Short breaks provided by an employer, usually 5 to 20 minutes, stay paid. A bona fide meal period is generally unpaid only when the employee is completely relieved from duty.
Employers make the largest time card errors when break labels replace break facts. A scheduled lunch does not become unpaid just because the time card says "meal." The employee must receive the full, uninterrupted meal period, usually 30 minutes or more, and must be relieved from duty. Eating at a desk while working, staying at a machine, or answering calls during lunch keeps the time paid.
Rounding needs the same discipline. Federal time-clock rounding to the nearest 5 minutes, tenth, or quarter hour is acceptable only if it averages out over time and does not underpay employees for actual hours worked. For quarter-hour rounding, minutes 1 through 7 may round down and minutes 8 through 14 must round up. State break, overtime, and premium-pay rules can add stricter requirements.
Start with paid daily totals after valid unpaid meal periods have been removed and paid short breaks have stayed in. For example, a covered nonexempt office employee records paid daily totals of 7, 10, 8, 9, and 10 hours in one fixed workweek and earns $24.40 per hour. Total paid time is 44 hours, so 40 hours are regular hours and 4 hours are federal overtime hours.
Regular pay is 40 × $24.40 = $976.00. The overtime rate is $24.40 × 1.5 = $36.60, so overtime pay is 4 × $36.60 = $146.40. Gross pay before taxes, deductions, state-specific overlays, or policy premiums is $1,122.40. Hours cannot be averaged across multiple workweeks to reduce overtime for covered nonexempt employees.
A one-off calculation is enough when an employer needs to verify a single week, test a lunch deduction, or explain one overtime total before payroll closes. The calculator result should show paid hours, unpaid meal time, overtime hours, and gross pay inputs clearly enough for review. It does not replace the underlying time card record.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when multiple employees submit weekly time, managers approve exceptions, time off affects capacity, and payroll needs a consistent export. Everhour Time Off tracks vacation, sick leave, and custom leave types with approvals and balances, so approved leave can sit beside work hours before managers review the weekly timesheet.
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Paid time includes required duty time and work the employer allows or permits, including unscheduled work before or after a shift. Short rest breaks provided by an employer, usually 5 to 20 minutes, count as paid hours worked. Bona fide meal periods are generally unpaid only when the employee is completely relieved from duty.
Covered nonexempt employee overtime cannot be reduced by averaging multiple workweeks. The FLSA workweek is a fixed and regularly recurring 168-hour period made of seven consecutive 24-hour periods. Covered nonexempt employees must receive at least 1.5 times the regular rate for hours worked over 40 in that fixed workweek.
An automatic lunch deduction is valid only when the employee actually receives the full, uninterrupted meal period. Interrupted meal periods must be paid when they are predominantly for the employer's benefit. Employers remain responsible for correcting the time card when an employee worked through lunch or stayed on duty while eating.
Quarter-hour rounding is allowed under federal rules only when it is neutral over time and does not underpay employees for actual hours worked. Minutes 1 through 7 may round down, and minutes 8 through 14 must round up. A rounding practice that consistently favors the employer creates payroll risk.
Federal law does not require employers to provide meal periods or rest breaks for adult employees. State law, local law, or employer policy can create break requirements. DOL's 2023 tables identify 21 states or jurisdictions with adult meal-period requirements and eight states with paid rest-period requirements.
Everhour Time Off tracks vacation, sick leave, holidays, and custom leave types with request-and-approve workflows, partial-day durations, accrual, carryover, and per-employee balances. Approved time off can flow into timesheet totals, so managers review leave context alongside weekly work hours.
Everhour timecards track clock-in, clock-out, breaks, and daily, weekly, and monthly work-hour totals. Weekly timecards can be submitted and approved, then team timesheet data can be downloaded as PDF, CSV, or XLSX for payroll review or recordkeeping.
Track approved leave beside work hours, then review weekly totals before payroll. Everhour Time Off gives employers cleaner timesheet context and fewer manual leave adjustments.
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