Quick answer: Under federal law, employers may round employees’ clock-in and clock-out times to the nearest 5 minutes, tenth of an hour (6 minutes) or quarter hour (15 minutes), but only if the rounding is neutral. That means it averages out over time so employees are paid for all the time they actually worked. With … Read more

Quick answer: To fill out a time card, follow these five steps: Write your name, employee ID and the pay period dates. For each day, record the exact time you started work, left for an unpaid meal break, returned and finished. Subtract to get the hours worked each day. Convert the minutes to decimal hours … Read more

Quick answer: Under federal law (the Fair Labor Standards Act), non-exempt employees must be paid at least 1.5 times their regular rate of pay for every hour worked over 40 in a workweek. The basic formula is: Overtime pay = Regular rate × 1.5 × Overtime hours For example, if you earn $20 an hour … Read more