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Biweekly time card calculator
Enter two weeks of start and end times, lunch breaks included. Overtime is worked out for each week separately, the way federal law counts it, and you get total hours and gross pay for the whole pay period.
Doing this every week? HoursOwed keeps every shift on your phone and adds up overtime as you go. With Pro, it sends any pay period to your manager as a PDF.
Try HoursOwedWhy each week is counted on its own
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, overtime is counted for each workweek on its own: averaging hours over two or more weeks is not permitted (U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #23). If you work 50 hours in week 1 and 30 hours in week 2, you are owed 10 hours of overtime for week 1, even though the pay period adds up to 80 hours.
A workweek is a fixed period of seven days in a row. It does not have to start on Sunday or Monday, so choose the day your employer’s week starts on in Week starts on.
Lunch and other unpaid breaks
Enter unpaid breaks in minutes for each day, for example 30 for a lunch break. They are taken off that day’s hours. If you clock out and back in for lunch, you can enter the day as two shifts with Add split shift instead; the result is the same.
Questions
My pay period is semi-monthly, not biweekly. Can I use this?
Semi-monthly pay periods (for example, the 1st–15th) do not line up with workweeks. Overtime is still counted per full workweek, even when a week runs into the next pay period, so enter whole workweeks here and ask your employer which paycheck each week’s overtime goes on.
Does it work for night shifts?
Yes. A shift that ends after midnight, like 10 pm – 6 am, counts on the day it started.
Is this payroll advice?
No. It is an estimate to check your own hours, not legal or payroll advice. Bonuses, shift differentials and rounding rules can change what you are paid.
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