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• How to Clock Someone In or Out Manually After the Fact

  A volunteer forgot to tap in, or a cook clocked out an hour late. Here is exactly how to add or correct that punch as an admin and leave a note payroll can trust.

• Gross Hours vs Net Hours on a Time Card

  Gross hours count the whole span from clock-in to clock-out. Net hours subtract unpaid breaks. Here is how the two differ on a real time card and which one payroll should get.

• Track Tutor Session Hours for Payroll, No Logins

  Follow the full weekly cycle at a tutoring center: tutors tap in and out on a shared tablet, you review the week, fix a missed clock-out, and export payroll hours.

• CSV Export Mistakes That Break a Payroll Import

  Payroll imports fail for a handful of predictable CSV reasons: shifting columns, mixed time formats, forgotten clock-outs. Here is each one and the fix.

• Decimal Hours vs HH:MM: What Payroll Wants

  Decimal hours writes 7 hours 30 minutes as 7.5. See how to convert HH:MM to decimal, why the two formats disagree, and which one payroll actually processes.

• What Auto-Close Means and Why It Protects Hours

  A volunteer forgets to clock out and the entry runs all night. Here is what auto-close does about it, and why it closes at the start time, not now.

• How an Unpaid Lunch Changes a Day's Paid Hours

  Subtracting an unpaid lunch sounds simple until you count the real minutes. Here is how to do it right, why a 30 minute break rarely costs exactly 30, and how to keep the math consistent.

• When Overtime Pay Kicks In: A Worked Example

  One server, five shifts, 46 hours. Follow the math step by step so you know exactly when overtime starts and what it adds to your week.

• Total Biweekly Hours Without an Off-by-a-Day Error

  Adding up two weeks of hours sounds trivial until a date boundary, a forgotten clock-out, or a timezone shift drops or doubles a day. Here is how to total a biweekly period and catch each mistake.

• Part-Time Shift Tracking That Holds Up at Payroll

  Six defensible practices for recording part-time restaurant hours, from forgotten clock-outs to clean exports, so the totals hold up when payroll reviews them.

• Exporting a Payroll CSV for Part-Time Tutors

  A complete walk-through for turning two weeks of part-time tutor hours into a clean CSV your payroll person can import without sending it back.

• Share a Tip Pool Fairly Using Recorded Hours

  A worked example: split a $640 tip pool across five people by their actual clocked hours, with every step of the math shown so the crew can verify it.

• Convert Clock Times to Decimal Hours for Payroll

  Payroll wants 7.75, not 7:45. Here is the exact method for converting clock times to decimal hours, including the minute math, rounding rules, and how to handle a forgotten clock-out.

• Five Mistakes That Throw Off a Weekly Time Card

  Forgotten clock-outs, minutes-to-decimal math, midnight shifts, double-counted breaks, and rounding drift. Here is how each one wrecks a weekly total and how to catch it.

• A Worked Example: Tutor Hours Across a Busy Week

  A tutoring center with eight tutors works through a full week of clock-ins, one forgotten clock-out, and a payroll export that adds up the first time.

• Clocking In Restaurant Staff Without Logins: Answered

  The questions restaurant owners actually ask about kiosk and QR clock-in for servers and cooks, answered directly: forgotten clock-outs, station hours, and payroll export.

• Why Event Crew Hours Never Add Up, and the Fix

  Setup and teardown hours go missing because of forgotten clock-outs, untracked early arrivals, and headcounts nobody confirmed. Here is how to capture them cleanly.