How regular and overtime hours are split
Two thresholds decide what counts as overtime. The daily threshold catches long days: anything above 9 hours on a single day is overtime even if the week is short. The weekly threshold catches long weeks: once the regular hours in the week pass 48, the rest is overtime even if no single day was long. The calculator applies the daily rule first, then the weekly rule to the remaining regular hours, so no hour is counted twice.
Both thresholds are editable because Shops and Establishments Acts differ by state and some establishments run 8-hour standard days. Set them to match your registered working hours, not to what the roster happens to say.
- Daily threshold: hours above it on any day are overtime
- Weekly threshold: regular hours above it across the week become overtime
- Overtime multiplier defaults to 2.0, the statutory minimum for factory and scheduled-employment workers
- Hourly rate can be derived from monthly wage ÷ 26 ÷ 8 if you pay monthly
Timesheets versus attendance
An attendance record proves presence and gives in and out times. A timesheet allocates those hours to work, which is what services firms, staffing agencies and security companies bill clients for. This tool works from the attendance side of that relationship: it converts punches into paid and billable hours. When the same person works on two client sites in one week, keep one timesheet per site so the overtime lands on the right invoice.