Tools & templates
Excel templates, calculators and ways to count hours without month-end surprises.
Hour banks and time off in lieu: keeping the balance honest
Extra hours become rest instead of pay: when it works, the four rules that keep a balance healthy and the credit nobody can ever take back.
Excel shift schedule template: download it and use it well
A free weekly template that adds up the hours for you, handles shifts running past midnight and compares the total against contracted hours.
How to calculate worked hours without botching the minutes
The five-step method, converting minutes to decimals, shifts past midnight and rounding policy: where the expensive mistakes actually come from.
Time tracking in retail: practical basics without turning the shop into a law office
Recording hours is not bureaucracy against the team: it is the end of memory-based arguments about overtime. How to set it up so it helps everyone.
Excel for shifts: where it still holds (and where it starts to cost you)
The spreadsheet is the right starting point for almost everyone. Then the team grows and the hidden cost overtakes a software subscription. The signals to watch.