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A Netherlands time card total answers a practical payroll question: how many paid working hours remain after unpaid statutory or agreed breaks are deducted from recorded shift time. The result supports wage checks, billing review, schedule review, and overtime review against contracted hours. A break is not working time in the Netherlands, so wages are not due during breaks unless continued pay is agreed in the employment contract, CAO, or company arrangement.
The calculation also shows whether the time card needs a compliance check before payroll. Employees aged 18 or older who work more than 5.5 hours in a shift are entitled to at least a 30-minute break, which may be split into two 15-minute breaks. Employees aged 18 or older who work more than 10 hours in a shift must receive at least 45 minutes of break time, split only into breaks of at least 15 minutes each.
Use this formula for each day: shift end minus shift start equals elapsed time, then subtract unpaid break time. Add the paid daily totals for the week. For pay, multiply paid hours by the hourly rate. Keep breaks separate from paid working time unless the contract, CAO, or company arrangement says the break remains paid.
For example, an employee records 08:00 to 16:30 on Monday and Tuesday, 08:00 to 17:30 on Wednesday, 08:00 to 18:30 on Thursday, and 08:00 to 15:30 on Friday. Each shift includes a 30-minute unpaid break. Paid daily totals are 8, 8, 9, 10, and 7 hours, which equals 42 paid hours. At €22 per hour, gross straight-time pay is €924.
A clean total still needs Dutch working-time checks. A statutory break must interrupt working time, so the workday may not begin or end with a break. A CAO or company arrangement may deviate from the statutory adult break schedule, but the employee must still receive at least one 15-minute break after more than 5.5 hours of work.
Rest and maximum-hour checks belong beside the arithmetic. After a working day, an adult employee must normally have at least 11 consecutive hours of rest before working again. Employees must have a weekly rest period of 36 consecutive hours, or an alternative 72 hours per 14 days split into periods of at least 32 hours. Adult employees are also subject to Working Hours Act caps of 12 hours per shift and 60 hours per week, with 55-hour and 48-hour average limits.
A one-off calculator is enough when you need to verify one week, one employee, or one invoice line. It gives the paid-hour total after breaks and helps you spot obvious issues, such as a 10.5-hour shift with only a 30-minute break or a break placed at the start of the day.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when time comes from calendars, project tools, clock-in records, and manager edits. Continuous records need approvals, locked periods, break handling, and a clean handoff to payroll or billing. Everhour's calendar integration can turn Google, Outlook, and iCloud calendar events with defined start and end times into timesheet entries within a configurable 15-minute to 3-hour window.
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Paid work time starts with the time actually worked during the shift. Breaks are not working time in the Netherlands, so they are unpaid unless continued pay is agreed in the employment contract, CAO, or company arrangement. Add paid work periods, subtract unpaid breaks, then compare the result with contracted hours and Working Hours Act limits.
Yes. Employees aged 18 or older who work more than 5.5 hours in a shift are entitled to at least a 30-minute break, which may be split into two 15-minute breaks. A CAO or company arrangement can deviate, but it must still preserve at least one 15-minute break after more than 5.5 hours of work.
No. A statutory break must interrupt working time, so the workday may not begin or end with a break. A time card that places a break at 16:00 to 16:30 after work has already ended does not record the break correctly for Dutch working-time purposes.
For adult employees, the Working Hours Act allows up to 12 hours per shift and 60 hours per week, but not every week. The averages are capped at 55 hours per week over 4 weeks and 48 hours per week over 16 weeks. Overtime above contracted hours still counts toward those maximums.
No. A 15-year-old worker is entitled to a consecutive 30-minute break after working more than 4.5 hours, with separate youth working-time and rest rules applying by age category. Adult break thresholds do not replace those stricter youth rules.
Everhour integrates with Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, and iCloud Calendar. Events with a defined start and end can become timesheet entries within a configurable 15-minute to 3-hour window, while all-day, recurring, and pre-connection events do not sync.
Everhour timecards collect daily, weekly, and monthly work-hour totals for payroll review. Weekly timecards can be submitted and approved, and team timesheet data can be downloaded as PDF, CSV, or XLSX files for payroll checks or archive workflows.
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