![]() If your employee’s time is from one to seven minutes past the previous quarter, you must round back down. However, you can only round up to the next quarter if the time is from eight to 14 minutes past the previous quarter. If your employee clocks in at any time not in a quarter, you can round. A quarter of an hour is 15 minutes, and there are four in each hour, i.e., 0:15, 0:30, 0:45, 0:00. You’re allowed to round employee time to the nearest quarter-hour. It’s up to you which method you prefer, but should you choose the rounding method, you need to know how to round correctly to maintain compliance. (Convert 60 minutes of the 109 minutes to one hour to make it easier 109 minutes – 60 minutes = 49 minutes 38 hours + one hour = 39 hours)ģ8 hours + 109 minutes = 39 hours and 49 minutes Rounding Hours Worked to Quartersįederal law also gives employers the option to calculate wages using rounded hours worked when processing payroll. ![]() The time sheet provides a good example of the information you’ll start with before converting minutes to decimal form. To calculate the actual time worked, you need to total the hours and minutes between your employee’s starting and ending times for each workday. ![]() Calculate Total Working Hours & MinutesĬalculating total hours worked is usually straightforward if you have a time-tracking system (pen-and-paper, time clock, spreadsheet, etc.) however, if your policy requires you to round employee hours to the nearest quarter, as the Department of Labor allows, it can be tricky. Here are the steps you should follow to convert your employees’ minutes worked into decimal form and dollars to be paid: Step 1. ![]() We’ll show you how later in this article. It’s better to use actual hours because rounding can cause you to pay more than necessary for wages and overtime. Pro Tip: You can convert minutes to decimals for payroll in three steps, but you’ll have to decide whether to use actual hours worked or hours rounded to the nearest quarter as allowed by federal law. ![]()
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