Clock out calculator

How to work out your clock-out time

Add the hours you need to work and your unpaid break to the time you clocked in. Paid rest breaks are already part of your work time, so leave them out.

Select a common shift to load it into the calculator:

8-hour shift with a 30-minute lunch

An 8-hour shift with a 30-minute unpaid lunch runs 8 hours 30 minutes from clock-in to clock-out. In at 6:00 AM means out at 2:30 PM; in at 9:00 AM means out at 5:30 PM. With a 1-hour lunch, add 9 hours instead.

If lunch runs short or long, choose Lunch out and in and type your real times. Your clock-out time moves to match. The time card with lunch does the same for every day of the week.

8.5-hour and 10-hour shifts

An 8.5-hour shift with a 30-minute lunch is 9 hours on the clock, such as 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM. A 10-hour shift with a 30-minute lunch is 10 hours 30 minutes, such as 6:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Four 10-hour shifts make a 40-hour week. Choose Custom to enter any length.

In California, a workday of more than 10 hours generally comes with a second 30-minute meal period. It can be waived on days of 12 hours or less if the first one was not. Source: California Labor Commissioner.

Overnight shifts

Count straight through midnight. When your clock-out time falls on the next day, the calculator marks it +1 day.

On the time card calculator, a shift that ends after midnight counts on the day it started.

Clock out at 40 hours for the week

Choose 40 hours this week and enter the hours you worked on the earlier days of your workweek. The calculator takes them away from 40:00 and adds what is left to today's clock-in, plus your unpaid break. If 4 hours or less are left, it assumes you reach 40:00 before your break.

If this week is on our time card in this browser, Use this week's card fills in the hours. It reads the card saved on this device, and nothing is sent to us.

Under federal law, hours over 40 in a workweek are overtime, paid at least 1.5 times the regular rate. The overtime calculator shows the pay.

Paid and unpaid breaks

Only unpaid breaks move your clock-out time. Under federal rules, rest breaks of about 5 to 20 minutes count as hours worked. A meal period, usually 30 minutes or more, is unpaid only if you are completely relieved from duty. Your employer's policy and your state's law decide the rest. Sources: 29 CFR 785.18 and 785.19.

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