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A work time calculation answers one practical question: how many paid hours should be counted for a day, week, or pay period. The basic inputs are start time, end time, break duration, and the fixed workweek that contains the shift. A daily total helps you check one entry. A weekly total matters more for U.S. overtime because covered, nonexempt employees receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a fixed FLSA workweek.
The FLSA workweek is 168 fixed hours, seven consecutive 24-hour periods that start on the employer's chosen day and hour. Hours cannot be averaged across multiple workweeks to avoid overtime. A Monday-to-Sunday week and a Wednesday-to-Tuesday week can both be valid, but the same shift must land in the correct fixed workweek before you decide whether overtime applies.
Start with the gross span from clock-in to clock-out, then subtract only unpaid break time. A shift from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM is 8.5 gross hours. If the employee takes a 30-minute unpaid meal period and is completely relieved from duty, paid time is 8.0 hours. A short 15-minute break provided by the employer stays in paid time under federal rules and counts toward weekly overtime.
Crossing midnight requires date-aware math. A 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM shift is 8 hours because the end time falls on the next calendar day. Manual logs that store only 12-hour times without dates often misread that span as negative time or as 16 hours. U.S. timesheets commonly use month/day/year dates and 12-hour AM/PM times, so AM/PM and the shift date need separate review.
For example, a covered nonexempt inventory assistant earns $23 per hour and records paid daily totals of 8, 9, 8, 10, 7, and 6 hours in one fixed FLSA workweek. The weekly total is 48 paid hours. Regular pay covers 40 hours at $23, or $920. Overtime covers 8 hours at 1.5 times the regular rate, or $34.50 per overtime hour. Overtime pay is $276, so total gross pay is $1,196.
Federal law does not require extra pay for Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, or regular rest days unless weekly overtime is worked. A weekend shift can be paid at the regular rate if the weekly total stays at or below 40 hours, unless state law, an employment contract, or employer policy adds a premium. State law can also add stricter break, overtime, or premium-pay rules, so separate federal arithmetic from jurisdiction-specific overlays.
A one-off calculation is enough when you need to total one shift, check a weekly timesheet before submission, or estimate gross pay from a clean set of entries. It works best when start times, end times, unpaid breaks, and the fixed workweek are already clear. The result becomes less reliable when employees edit entries later, managers need approvals, or payroll needs a record of who reviewed each total.
A managed workflow fits recurring payroll or billing review. Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person, then let users submit time for approval. Managers can approve, reject, or partially approve submitted time, and approved time stays locked for regular members. That approval trail turns work time from a manual total into a reviewed record for payroll, billing, or reporting.
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Work time equals clock-out time minus clock-in time, minus unpaid breaks. A 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM shift is 8.5 gross hours. If the employee takes a 30-minute unpaid meal period and is completely relieved from duty, paid work time is 8.0 hours. Paid short breaks stay in the total under federal rules.
Subtract a bona fide meal period only when it is generally 30 minutes or longer and the employee is completely relieved from duty. Do not subtract short breaks provided by the employer, usually about 5 to 20 minutes, because federal law treats them as compensable hours worked. State law or employer policy can add stricter requirements.
The fixed workweek decides which hours are grouped for overtime. Under the FLSA, a workweek is a fixed, recurring 168-hour period, and covered nonexempt employees receive overtime after 40 hours worked in that workweek. An employer cannot average 35 hours in one week and 45 hours in the next week to erase overtime.
Weekend hours do not automatically increase pay under the federal baseline. The FLSA does not require extra pay for Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, or regular rest days unless covered nonexempt employees work over 40 hours in the fixed workweek. State law, contracts, or employer policy can create a separate premium.
The biggest mistake is subtracting paid short breaks or unpaid meal periods incorrectly. A 15-minute paid rest break should stay in work time, while a 30-minute meal period comes out only when the employee is completely relieved from duty. Another common error is treating 1 hour 30 minutes as 1.30 hours instead of 1.5 hours.
Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person, so managers can review time before payroll, billing, or reporting. Users submit time for approval, and managers can approve, reject, partially approve, or request corrections before approved time is locked for regular members.
Everhour timecards can track clock-in, clock-out, breaks, and automatic clock-out behavior in addition to project time. Admins can review daily, weekly, and monthly work-hour totals, then download team timesheet data as PDF, CSV, or XLSX for payroll checks or records.
Use Everhour Timesheets to collect weekly working hours, route them through approval, lock reviewed entries, and prepare cleaner payroll or billing records from approved time.
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