Payroll timesheet approval coverage calculator

Calculate total submitted hours and approved hours with your own figures.

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Use total submitted hours and approved hours to compare changes to your inputs. The method and limits below explain the scope.

Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Timesheets: name, minutes submitted, approval recorded yes/no
A,480,yes B,600,no C,360,yes
Hourly cost for unapproved-time illustration ($)
20
Total submitted hours
24
Approved hours
14
Hours without recorded approval
10
Time-weighted approval coverage (%)
58.333333
Unapproved-time cost illustration ($)
$200.00

Try another scenario

Timesheets: name, minutes submitted, approval recorded yes/no
A,480,yes B,600,yes C,360,yes
Hourly cost for unapproved-time illustration ($)
20
Total submitted hours
24
Approved hours
24
Hours without recorded approval
0
Time-weighted approval coverage (%)
100
Unapproved-time cost illustration ($)
$0.00
Calculation method

Calculation method

Total submitted hours

Sum submitted whole minutes/60.

Approved hours

Sum minutes explicitly marked approval yes/60.

Hours without recorded approval

Sum approval no minutes/60.

Time-weighted approval coverage (%)

Approved/total×100; undefined for zero submitted time.

Unapproved-time cost illustration ($)

Unapproved minutes×entered hourly cost/60, rounded to US cents.

Symbols and units
a
Timesheets: name, minutes submitted, approval recorded yes/no
b
Hourly cost for unapproved-time illustration ($)

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • A record-coverage audit rather than a wage withholding rule. Lack of a recorded approval does not determine whether worked time must be paid.
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Further reading

US Department of Labor: pay/time recordkeeping background; actual rules vary ↗

Background reading; this does not imply endorsement or independent review of SumFizz.

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