Wage and hour guides

Step-by-step: the regular rate, time-and-a-half, daily vs weekly rules, and the calculators that do the math.

The federal 40-hour rule, what counts as the regular rate, and what the FLSA does not require.

The three FLSA tests, the $684/week salary level, and why a salary alone is not enough.

Two pay rates in a week mean a weighted-average overtime rate under the FLSA. The math and a worked example.

Wage and hour law follows where the work is done. What that means for overtime, minimum wage and payroll.

Start time, end time, lunch breaks, overnight shifts, and the calculators that turn clock time into paid hours.

What to enter for clock-in, clock-out, unpaid lunch, and weekly overtime when you are building a payroll timesheet.

Turn daily clock entries into a weekly hour total before payroll, overtime, and decimal conversion.

Add hours and minutes, convert them to decimals, and avoid the 8.30 vs 8:30 mistake.

How to total several shifts or tasks without mixing minutes and decimals.

Divide minutes by 60. The quarter-hour marks, a full chart, and the mistake that quietly mis-pays staff.

Minutes-to-hours conversions, decimal examples, and the chart logic behind payroll totals.

Military-time entries, noon and midnight edge cases, and how to enter 14:30 or 00:15 in payroll tools.

How to count a shift that crosses midnight without getting a negative duration.

When to count weekdays only, when every calendar day counts, and how payroll and deadline math can go wrong.

Count Monday–Friday workdays between two dates, subtract holidays, and avoid inclusive-date mistakes.

The simple formula, how hours and weeks change the result, and what the conversion leaves out.

Divide salary by 2,080 hours — $75k ≈ $36.06, $80k ≈ $38.46. A table of common salaries and what it leaves out.

The flat 22% supplemental rate, FICA and state on top, and what you actually keep on a $5,000 bonus.

The 15.3% on 92.35% of net profit, the deductible half, and how it sits on top of income tax.

The 2026 IRS rate, what counts as business miles, and whether reimbursement is required or taxable.