Work-time calculation guides
Focused explanations for the arithmetic behind HourSimple’s calculators, with no filler and no jurisdiction-specific legal advice.
- How to Calculate Work Hours With Lunch and BreaksA reliable work-hours calculation keeps the clock span, unpaid breaks, and final net time separate so every deduction is easy to verify.
- Decimal Hours for Payroll: Formula and Complete Conversion ChartDecimal hours are base-10 hours. Convert minutes by dividing by 60, preserve the exact minute total, and label any rounding separately.
- Weekly vs. Biweekly Time Cards: How Hours and Overtime Totals WorkA biweekly time card is a 14-day record containing two distinct weekly subtotals, not one undifferentiated block of hours.
- Business Days vs. Working Days: How Weekends and Holidays Change a Date CalculationBusiness days and working days usually mean the same thing in a generic calculator: included dates minus selected weekends and entered holidays.