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• Gross Hours vs Net Hours: Where Each Belongs

  A cook clocks in at 4:00 and out at 9:30. Is that 5.5 hours or 5.0? The answer depends on whether you mean gross or net hours, and payroll cares which one you send.

• What a Biweekly Pay Period Is and the Off Week

  A biweekly pay period is a fixed 14-day cycle that pays every other week. Here is why some years hold 27 pay dates and how to match hours to the correct boundary.

• What a Time Clock Is and How a Shared One Works

  A plain definition of a time clock, plus how a shared login-free version differs from a punch-card machine or a per-person app, and when each one fits a small team.

• What a Shift Is and How It Differs From a Time Card Entry

  A shift is what you planned. A time card entry is what actually happened. Here is exactly where the two diverge, and why event leads and shift managers should keep them straight.

• Payroll Hours vs Clocked Hours: What's the Difference

  Clocked hours are what the timer recorded. Payroll hours are what you actually pay on. See how unpaid breaks and rounding turn one into the other.

• What Punch In and Punch Out Mean on a Time Clock

  Punch in and punch out are the start and end marks of a shift. Here is where the terms come from, how they map to a digital clock event, and why teams still say them.

• What a Time Card Is and What Belongs on It

  A time card records one person's hours for a pay period or event. Here are the fields a no-login team actually needs, and how it differs from a timesheet.

• 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.

• What a Roster Actually Is in a No Login Time Clock

  A roster is the list of names your team picks from to clock in. Here is how it differs from a schedule and a timesheet, and why a clean one makes login-free tracking work.

• 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 Kiosk Mode Means for a Shared Time Clock

  Kiosk mode is a single shared screen where everyone clocks in by tapping their name, with no accounts. Here is exactly when it beats a QR poster or personal link.