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A Polish time card calculation answers how many paid working hours belong on a daily or weekly record after subtracting only breaks that are not counted as working time. Poland's Labour Code sets ordinary working-time standards at 8 hours per day and an average 40 hours per week in an average five-day working week over the reference period.
The calculation also checks whether the day triggers statutory paid breaks. An employee who works at least 6 hours gets a rest break of at least 15 minutes counted as working time. Daily working time above 9 hours adds another 15-minute paid break, and daily working time above 16 hours adds a third 15-minute paid break.
Start with the clock span, then subtract only the meal or personal-matters break that the employer introduced under the applicable collective agreement, work rules, or employment contract. That break can be up to 60 minutes and is not counted as working time. The statutory 15-minute rest breaks stay inside paid working time.
For screen-monitor workstation work, the employer must provide alternating non-screen work or at least a 5-minute break included in working time after each hour of screen work. Do not subtract those paid screen breaks from the time card total. Treat them like the statutory rest breaks, not like an unpaid lunch.
Use 24-hour entries because Polish locale data uses HH:mm time patterns and day-first short dates such as dd.MM.y. The basic formula is clock-out minus clock-in minus unpaid break time. Paid statutory breaks remain in the total because Polish rules count them as working time.
For example, an employee works 08:00 to 18:30, with a 30-minute unpaid meal break. The clock span is 630 minutes. Subtract 30 unpaid minutes to get 600 paid minutes, or 10 paid hours. Across a week with paid daily totals of 8, 9, 10, 8, and 6 hours at 38 zł per hour, the weekly total is 41 hours and gross hourly pay is 1,558 zł.
A one-off calculation is enough when you need to verify one day, correct a draft time card, or explain why a paid statutory break was not subtracted. It also works for a small weekly check where the inputs are already clean and the policy for unpaid breaks is documented.
A managed workflow is better when managers need approvals, locked periods, admin corrections, weekly capacity checks, and consistent team rules. Everhour Team Management supports lock rules, admin time correction, personal tracking limits, weekly capacity, approval workflow, roles, project assignments, team groups, and team-wide time policy defaults.
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The statutory rest breaks stay in paid working time. An employee working at least 6 hours receives at least 15 paid minutes. Daily working time above 9 hours adds another paid 15 minutes, and daily working time above 16 hours adds a third paid 15 minutes. These breaks reduce fatigue, but they do not reduce the paid time card total.
Subtract the meal or personal-matters break only when the employer has introduced it through a collective agreement, work rules, or the employment contract where applicable. That break can be no more than 60 minutes and is not counted as working time. Do not subtract it unless the policy exists and the employee actually took the unpaid break.
Review any day above 9 hours because it triggers an additional paid 15-minute break. Also review very long days against Poland's daily rest rule, since employees are generally entitled to at least 11 continuous hours of daily rest, with limited exceptions for workplace managers and rescue or emergency work.
Polish locale data uses 24-hour time patterns such as HH:mm, so entries like 08:00 and 17:00 reduce ambiguity. A 24-hour format also prevents AM and PM mistakes when a shift crosses noon, runs into the evening, or gets entered later by payroll or a manager.
Weekly working time including overtime may not exceed an average of 48 hours over the applicable reference period. A single week can require closer review because the legal test uses the applicable reference period, not only the visible week. Keep the weekly total, overtime context, and reference-period records together.
Everhour Team Management lets admins set lock rules, approve submitted time, correct entries for team members, and compare weekly capacity before payroll review. These controls help keep approved Polish time card records stable after managers resolve break, capacity, and correction issues.
Everhour reporting turns logged time into configurable reports with date ranges, grouping, filters, and export formats including CSV, Excel/XLSX, and PDF. Payroll reviewers can use those exports to check weekly totals, approved time, and team-level patterns before moving data into a payroll process.
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