Two-week card · 40 hours per week, twice

Biweekly timesheet: two-week card, not an 80-hour bucket

People mix a biweekly timesheet with one 80-hour overtime pile, and with a single weekly card. This page is a two-week time card: fourteen in / out / unpaid-lunch rows, two Monday–Sunday weeks, each split at 40 hours on its own.

Week 1 does not borrow from week 2. Period regular and overtime are those two weekly splits added — not one 80-hour bucket. The weekly sheet at hourscard.com is one Monday–Sunday; use this page when you turn in hours every two weeks. Print puts both weeks, period totals, and signature lines on paper. Copy share link packs the 14 days into the URL; nothing is uploaded. Optional hourly rate is a gross estimate, not payroll.

Two-week period (14 days, Monday–Sunday × 2)

Week 1 ·

First 40 hours this week are regular. Hours above 40 this week are overtime. Week 2 does not spill into this bucket.

Day In Out Unpaid break (min) Hours Decimal Copy

Week 2 ·

A second independent 40-hour week. 45 hours here is 5 hours of overtime even if week 1 was only 40.

Day In Out Unpaid break (min) Hours Decimal Copy

Period totals · two independent 40-hour weeks

Week 1

Hours
0:00
Regular
0:00
Overtime
0:00
Decimal
0.00

Week 2

Hours
0:00
Regular
0:00
Overtime
0:00
Decimal
0.00

Fourteen-day period

Total hours
0:00
Regular (week 1 + week 2)
0:00
Overtime (week 1 + week 2)
0:00
Decimal hours
0.00
Gross estimate

How a two week time card is counted

Each day is clock-out minus clock-in, minus unpaid break minutes. If clock-out is earlier than clock-in — a 10pm to 6am graveyard row — the shift is treated as overnight (we add 24 hours).

The biweekly timesheet is two Monday–Sunday workweeks, not a single 14-day pile of hours. Week 1 is days 1–7. Week 2 is days 8–14. Regular hours are the first 40 in that week. Overtime is anything above 40 in that same week. Period regular and overtime are those two weekly splits added together. That is the federal FLSA weekly baseline. It is not one 80-hour pay-period bucket, and it is not legal advice.

Decimal hours are minutes ÷ 60 (8 hours 15 minutes = 8.25). Use h:mm on a printed two week time card and the decimal if you are keying a payroll system.

daily minutes   = (out − in)  [add 24h if overnight]
                − unpaid break minutes
week 1 minutes  = sum of days 1–7
week 2 minutes  = sum of days 8–14
week regular    = min(that week, 40 hours)
week overtime   = max(0, that week − 40 hours)
period regular  = week 1 regular + week 2 regular
period overtime = week 1 overtime + week 2 overtime
decimal hours   = minutes ÷ 60
gross estimate  = each week's (regular × rate + overtime × rate × 1.5), then added

Worked example

Week 1: five days, 9:00 AM–5:30 PM, 30 minute lunch → 8:00 each day → 40:00 regular, 0:00 overtime.

Week 2: the same five days plus Saturday 9:00 AM–2:30 PM, 30 minute lunch → 5:00 that Saturday → 45:00 in week 2 → 40:00 regular and 5:00 overtime. Week 1 still has no overtime.

Period: 85:00 hours, 80:00 regular, 5:00 overtime. At $20/hour that is $800 + $800 + $150 = $1,750 gross estimate, before taxes. A single 80-hour bucket would still show 5 hours of overtime for the period, but it would not show that all of it belongs to week 2. A single 40-hour bucket for the whole 14 days would wrongly call 45 hours overtime.

Decimal hours cheat sheet

Minutes Decimal
0.00
6.10
15.25
30.50
45.75
54.90

FAQ

What is a two-week time card on this page?

A two-week time card is 14 punch rows you can print and sign — not a pay-period average and not an 80-hour pile. Week 1 is the first Monday–Sunday (days 1–7). Week 2 is the next Monday–Sunday (days 8–14). Each row is clock-out minus clock-in, minus unpaid lunch. Overnight wraps past midnight (10pm–6am plus 30 minutes is 7:30). Period hours are the 14 days added. Overtime is not counted on that 14-day total; it is counted inside each week at 40 hours.

Are these two independent 40-hour weeks, or one 80-hour bucket?

Two independent 40-hour weeks. Federal FLSA overtime is a weekly rule. Each Monday–Sunday week splits at 40 hours on its own, then the two splits add. Fixture: week 1 = 50 hours and week 2 = 20 hours → 10 hours of overtime in week 1 only. An 80-hour pay-period bucket would call that 0 overtime (70 is under 80). Fixture: week 1 = 40 hours and week 2 = 45 hours → 0 overtime in week 1 and 5 hours in week 2. A short week 2 does not cancel week-1 overtime.

How is this different from the weekly hourscard.com card?

The weekly card at hourscard.com is one Monday–Sunday sheet: in, out, unpaid lunch, overnight, print, share. This biweekly timesheet is that same punch grid for 14 days, with two independent 40-hour overtime buckets and a period total. It is not two weekly cards glued into one 80-hour overtime pile. Use the weekly card for one week; use this page when you submit hours every two weeks.

How do I print or share a filled-in two-week card?

Print opens the browser print dialog. The two week blocks, period totals, and signature lines go on paper. Copy share link packs the 14 day tokens into the query string. Nothing is uploaded; the punches stay in the URL on this device. Do not post a share link publicly if it has names or a rate you want private. Print in h:mm; type decimal hours (minutes ÷ 60) if a payroll screen wants 8.25 instead of 8:15.

Is this payroll, or only an estimate?

Estimate only. Hours and, if you type a rate, a gross dollar figure. Not payroll, not tax, not a paycheck, not legal advice, and not a wage-and-hour compliance tool. California daily overtime and similar state rules are not applied. Confirm against your employer and the pay stub before you submit hours or pay anyone.

Does a biweekly paycheck change the 40-hour rule?

No. How often you get paid is not how overtime is counted. A biweekly deposit still contains two 40-hour weeks. This page splits each week at 40, then adds the splits. It does not treat the pay period as one 80-hour bucket, and it does not average hours across the two weeks.