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How to Calculate Weekly Work Hours
Learn how to add daily shift durations, subtract unpaid breaks, and total your weekly work hours with examples.
Read article →Time conversionsConvert Minutes to Decimal Hours
Use this simple method and chart to convert minutes into decimal hours for timesheets and payroll calculations.
Read article →Shift planningHow Long Is an 8-Hour Shift With Lunch?
Understand the difference between eight hours of work and an eight-hour scheduled span when lunch is unpaid.
Read article →TimesheetsHow to Calculate Hours Worked on a Timesheet
A practical guide to clock-in and clock-out calculations, unpaid breaks, overnight shifts, and decimal time.
Read article →Overnight shiftsHow to Calculate an Overnight Shift
Learn how to calculate a shift that starts one day and finishes after midnight, including unpaid breaks.
Read article →Timesheets & payrollHow to Calculate Overtime Hours
Learn how to total hours worked, identify hours above a workplace threshold, and keep overtime calculations separate from legal pay rules.
Read article →Time calculationsHow to Calculate Hours Between Two Times
Calculate the elapsed time between a start and end time, including minute subtraction and shifts that cross midnight.
Read article →Breaks & schedulesHow to Subtract Lunch Breaks from Work Hours
Work out net work time after lunch by calculating the shift span and subtracting an unpaid meal break.
Read article →Work schedulesHow Many Work Hours Are in a Week?
Understand how to total weekly work hours for full-time, part-time, and variable schedules with clear examples.
Read article →Time conversionsHow to Convert Decimal Hours to Hours and Minutes
Convert decimal-hour values such as 7.25, 7.50, and 7.75 into standard hours and minutes.
Read article →Time conversionsHow to Convert Hours and Minutes to Decimal Time
Convert a duration like 6 hours 45 minutes into decimal hours using minutes divided by 60.
Read article →Time conversionsWhat Is 15 Minutes in Decimal Hours?
Learn why 15 minutes equals 0.25 decimal hours and how to convert other quarter-hour increments.
Read article →Time conversionsWhat Is 30 Minutes in Decimal Hours?
Convert 30 minutes to 0.50 decimal hours and learn how to use half-hour values in work-time calculations.
Read article →Time conversionsWhat Is 45 Minutes in Decimal Hours?
Learn how 45 minutes converts to 0.75 decimal hours, with timesheet examples and a quick conversion formula.
Read article →Work schedulesHow to Calculate a 9-to-5 Workday
Find the elapsed time in a 9 AM to 5 PM schedule and understand how unpaid lunch changes the net hours worked.
Read article →Work schedulesHow Many Hours Is a 10-Hour Shift With Breaks?
Understand the difference between a 10-hour shift span and net hours after unpaid breaks, with examples.
Read article →Work schedulesHow Many Hours Is a 12-Hour Shift With Breaks?
Calculate net work time from a 12-hour shift span after subtracting unpaid breaks, with examples and planning tips.
Read article →Work schedulesHow to Calculate Part-Time Work Hours
Calculate part-time hours by adding actual shift durations and subtracting unpaid breaks, with weekly examples.
Read article →Timesheets & payrollHow to Calculate Biweekly Work Hours
Add two weeks of work-hour totals accurately and keep each workweek separate when required.
Read article →Work schedulesHow to Calculate Monthly Work Hours
Estimate monthly work hours from a schedule or total actual shifts for an accurate month-end time record.
Read article →Timesheets & payrollHow to Calculate Time for a Timesheet in Excel
Learn a simple spreadsheet method for subtracting start and end times, accounting for breaks, and totaling work hours.
Read article →Timesheets & payrollHow to Calculate Time Worked in Google Sheets
Use Google Sheets to calculate shift durations, unpaid breaks, overnight time, and decimal hours.
Read article →Overnight shiftsHow to Calculate Hours When a Shift Crosses Midnight
Calculate work time when a shift starts one day and ends the next, with examples for evening and overnight schedules.
Read article →Work schedulesHow to Calculate Split Shifts
Add separate work periods in one day and subtract unpaid breaks without counting off-duty gaps as work time.
Read article →Overnight shiftsHow to Calculate a Night Shift
Calculate night shift duration, handle midnight correctly, and subtract unpaid breaks for a net work total.
Read article →Work schedulesHow to Calculate Average Weekly Work Hours
Find average weekly work hours from recorded totals while choosing a consistent date range and avoiding misleading averages.
Read article →Timesheets & payrollHow to Calculate Time-and-a-Half Pay Hours
Understand the difference between overtime hours and a time-and-a-half pay calculation, with a simple illustrative example.
Read article →Timesheets & payrollHow to Round Work Hours on a Timesheet
Understand time rounding, why consistent rules matter, and how to preserve exact clock times before rounding.
Read article →Timesheets & payrollHow to Check a Timesheet for Errors
Use a practical checklist to catch missing punches, break mistakes, overnight errors, and incorrect totals.
Read article →TimesheetsHow to Calculate Clock-In and Clock-Out Time
Calculate the duration between clock-in and clock-out, subtract unpaid breaks, and account for overnight shifts.
Read article →Go straight to the free work hours calculator to calculate net hours and decimal time.