Payroll & Time Guides

Practical, U.S.-focused reading on payroll hours, decimal time, overtime, rounding, biweekly timesheets, and freelance billing.

Payroll Hours

Step-by-step guide to calculating payroll hours from clock in and clock out times, with break deductions, decimal conversion, and overtime examples.

What is the difference between payroll hours and regular hours? Definitions, examples, and how each shows up on time cards and pay stubs.

Convert minutes into decimal hours for payroll using a simple divide-by-60 method, with a full minute-to-decimal reference chart and worked examples.

What decimal hours are, why payroll software uses 8.25 instead of 8h 15m, how to convert, and how decimal time avoids base-60 errors.

Calculate time card hours daily and weekly: clock in and out, lunch breaks, decimal conversion, and total weekly pay for hourly employees.

How to fill out and total a biweekly 14-day timesheet, calculate weekly overtime separately, and avoid common biweekly payroll errors.

When lunch breaks are paid versus unpaid, how auto-deduct policies work, and how to deduct lunch correctly when calculating payroll hours.

Calculate overtime hours and pay under the U.S. 40-hour weekly threshold, with time and a half, double time, and weekly worked examples.

Worked overtime pay examples for hourly employees: 41-hour weeks, double time, holiday pay, and blended overtime rates.

Common time clock rounding rules used by U.S. employers: nearest 5, 6, 10, or 15 minutes, plus what neutral rounding means.

How the 7 minute rule rounds clock times to the nearest quarter hour for payroll, with worked examples and common pitfalls.

Compare hourly pay and salary: overtime eligibility, paycheck math, pros and cons, and how to convert between the two.

What billable hours are, how to track them, six minute rule basics, and how to translate tracked hours into clean client invoices.

Set a freelance hourly rate from income goals, billable hours per week, business expenses, and self-employment tax estimates.

Answers to common payroll calculator questions: decimal hours, overtime, lunch breaks, rounding, gross versus net pay, and biweekly math.