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Time Card & Payroll Guides

Short, practical explanations for the questions that come up when you total hours and run pay. No fluff, worked examples, and links to the tool that does each job.

How to Calculate Employee Hours WorkedA step-by-step method for weekly hours, breaks, overnight shifts, and decimals. The 7-Minute Rule: Time Rounding ExplainedHow payroll rounds punches to quarter-hours, and when it is legal. Minutes to Decimal Hours ChartThe full 0–59 minute conversion table for payroll, printable.

Start with the calculator

Most of what these guides describe is already built into the tools. The weekly time card calculator subtracts breaks, handles overnight shifts, applies rounding, splits overtime, and shows decimals — so you rarely have to do the arithmetic by hand. The guides are here for when you want to understand what the numbers mean, check a paycheck, or explain a rule to someone else.