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Work Hours, Breaks and Timesheet Guides

Calculate elapsed shift time, deduct breaks that are properly treated as unpaid, total split and overnight shifts, and convert weekly minutes into decimal hours.

Work-hours resources

Use the guide to classify the time entries, then use the calculator to total the schedule.

Three totals to keep separate

Clock span

Scheduled or elapsed time

The time from the start of a shift to its end, including any break inside that span.

Deduction

Unpaid break time

Break minutes entered for subtraction only after their treatment has been confirmed.

Result

Net worked time

Elapsed shift minutes minus entered unpaid-break minutes, totalled across active days.

What the calculator can total

Weekly schedule

Seven active-day choices

Enable only the days worked and enter one or two shifts for each active day.

Across midnight

Overnight shifts

Mark “Ends next day” so an earlier clock time is treated as the next calendar day.

Optional comparison

User-selected threshold

Separate time above a chosen number of hours without claiming those hours are legally overtime.

Important: Break entitlements, paid-time rules, overtime thresholds, daily limits and recordkeeping requirements differ by province, territory, federal coverage, occupation and agreement. This calculator totals user-entered time; it does not determine legal compliance.

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