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A Hungary time card calculation turns start times, end times, and break deductions into paid working hours for each day and for the full week. It helps you answer a practical payroll question: after unpaid work breaks are removed, how many hours should appear on the employee's time card?
Hungary's standard full-time pattern is an eight-hour workday, generally allocated across five workdays from Monday to Friday. Scheduled daily working time may not exceed 12 hours, and scheduled weekly working time may not exceed 48 hours, with higher agreed limits only for stand-by jobs or specified owner-relative roles.
For an adult employee, Hungarian law requires a 20-minute work break when scheduled daily working time plus qualifying extraordinary working time exceeds six hours. If daily working time exceeds nine hours, the employee receives an additional 25-minute break, making the statutory minimum 45 minutes for that day.
Work breaks are generally non-working hours under the Labour Code, except for stand-by work, so they usually reduce worked-hour totals. The break must interrupt work and be scheduled after at least three and no more than six hours of work. If the break is split, one installment in that window must be at least 20 minutes.
Start with each day's attendance span, subtract unpaid break time, then add the paid daily totals. For example, an employee paid 3,200 Ft per hour records attendance spans of 8, 10, 7, 9, and 6 hours. The required unpaid breaks are 20, 45, 20, 20, and 0 minutes.
Total attendance is 40 hours. Break time is 105 minutes, or 1.75 hours. Paid working time is 38.25 hours, and pay at 3,200 Ft per hour is 122,400 Ft. The same method works for payroll review, client allocation, or internal labor-cost checks, as long as the time card separates unpaid break time from work time.
A one-off calculation is enough when you need to check a single weekly card, correct one missed break, or confirm a payroll input before submission. It is also enough for a quick self-audit when the start and end times are already clear.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when employees clock in and out daily, breaks need consistent handling, managers approve time, and payroll needs a clean export. Everhour can turn Google, Outlook, and iCloud calendar events into timesheet entries within a configurable window, while excluding all-day, recurring, and pre-connection events.
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Count the time actually worked after subtracting unpaid work breaks. Under Hungary's Labour Code, work breaks are non-working hours except for stand-by work, so they generally do not belong in worked-hour totals. Keep the raw clock span, break minutes, and paid working hours separate so payroll can review the deduction.
An adult employee receives the 20-minute statutory work break only if scheduled daily working time plus qualifying extraordinary working time exceeds six hours. A shift of exactly six hours does not meet that threshold. Young employees follow stricter rules, including a 30-minute break when daily working time exceeds 4.5 hours.
A 10-hour adult workday should show the full attendance span and the statutory minimum 45-minute break, unless a longer lawful agreement applies. Hungarian law requires 20 minutes after more than six hours and an additional 25 minutes after more than nine hours. The paid worked total is the span minus unpaid break time.
Hungarian locale patterns use 24-hour short time, such as H:mm, and short dates in year-month-day order. A time card using 08:00 to 17:00 avoids AM/PM confusion and makes overnight or late-day entries easier to audit. Consistent formatting also reduces spreadsheet errors during payroll review.
The most common mistake is treating the statutory work break as paid working time for an ordinary adult employee. That adds 20 minutes to days over six hours and 45 minutes to days over nine hours. Stand-by work is the key exception named in the Labour Code.
Everhour integrates with Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, and iCloud Calendar, then converts events with defined start and end times into timesheet entries. Users configure whether entries are created before or after events within a 15-minute to 3-hour window; all-day, recurring, and pre-connection events do not sync.
Everhour Timesheets let users submit weekly project hours or working hours for review. Managers can approve, reject, or partially approve submitted time, and submitted or approved time is protected from regular member edits unless withdrawn or rejected.
Connect calendar events to timesheet entries, review weekly submissions, and keep approved records ready for payroll. Everhour gives teams cleaner time data before payroll handoff.
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