Time Card Calculator
This time card calculator generates weekly time reports based on work hours and rates. Quickly input your clock-in and clock-out times for the entire week, deduct lunch breaks, and calculate your total decimal hours and gross pay.
Weekly Timesheet
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Weekly Summary
Exempt vs. Non-Exempt Employees
Most workers are classified as either exempt or non-exempt employees, and are protected by a number of requirements placed by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). It is important both as an employer and as an employee to understand one's position.
Non-Exempt Employees
These employees are entitled to minimum wage as well as overtime pay under the FLSA. Employers are required to pay these workers an overtime rate of 1.5 times their standard rate when they work more than 40 hours per workweek.
Example: If you work 45 hours at $20/hr:
40 hours × $20 = $800
5 overtime hours × $30 = $150
Total Pay: $950
Exempt Employees
These employees are not protected by the FLSA and are not entitled to overtime pay. For most professions, if an employee meets the following three rules, the employee is exempt:
- The employee is paid at least $35,568 per year ($684 per week).
- The employee is paid on a salary rather than an hourly basis.
- The employee performs exempt job duties (e.g. executive, administrative, or professional roles).
Brief History of Time Cards and Clocks
Time cards have been used since the late 19th century in the form of clock cards, which were rectangular cards on which the working hours of the day and days of the week were printed. The need for clock cards arose partly due to industrialization, the increasing use of factory labor, and the need for a more effective way to track workers' hours so as to improve efficiency.
The first clock card time recording machine, the Rochester Time Recorder, was invented by Daniel M. Cooper in 1894. This clock was able to print accurate clock-in and clock-out times on individual clock cards that employees would carry and insert into the clock whenever they started or ended their shift.
The need for these types of time recording technologies increased in the early 20th century, and large companies such as the International Business Machines Corporation, better known today as IBM, became involved in the development of new technologies, even creating a Time Recorder Division. While time recorders and clock cards are still in use today, there are many new electronic time tracking solutions, including RFID, magnetic cards, and biometric time recorders.