Time card calculator for warehouse night shifts and Saturday overtime
Warehouse nights run 10 pm to 6:30 am, and peak season adds a Saturday. Night shifts that cross midnight and pay differentials are the two things that trip up a time card. Here is a real week.
What matters for warehouses
Night shifts: one shift, one day
A 10 pm to 6:30 am shift is recorded on the night it started. Splitting it at midnight can move hours into the wrong workweek and hide overtime.
A night differential raises the overtime rate
If you pay extra per hour for nights, that premium is part of the regular rate, so overtime must be paid at 1.5 × the blended rate, not 1.5 × the base wage.
Overtime is per workweek
Under the FLSA, the Saturday peak shift is overtime only for the hours that take the week past 40.
Worked example
Five night shifts across midnight plus a peak-season Saturday, $19.25/hour base, weekly overtime after 40 h at 1.5×.
| Day | Shifts | Unpaid break | Worked | Regular | Overtime | Double time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon Oct 5 | 10:00 PM–6:30 AM (+1) | 30 min | 8:00 | 8:00 | |||
| Tue Oct 6 | 10:00 PM–6:30 AM (+1) | 30 min | 8:00 | 8:00 | |||
| Wed Oct 7 | 10:00 PM–6:30 AM (+1) | 30 min | 8:00 | 8:00 | |||
| Thu Oct 8 | 10:00 PM–6:30 AM (+1) | 30 min | 8:00 | 8:00 | |||
| Fri Oct 9 | 10:00 PM–6:30 AM (+1) | 30 min | 8:00 | 8:00 | |||
| Sat Oct 10 | 8:00 AM–2:30 PM | 30 min | 6:00 | 0:00 | 6:00 | Peak Saturday | |
| Sun Oct 11 | off |
How to set it up in Hoursprig
- Enter the base rate and the week.
- Type night shifts with the morning clock-out (10p to 6:30a).
- Enter the unpaid meal break per shift.
- If you pay a night differential, use Hoursprig's hours and overtime hours and compute the blended rate separately (see the limit below).
Limits
- Hoursprig pays overtime at 1.5 × the single rate you enter; it does not add a night differential or production bonus to the regular rate.
FAQ
Does a night shift that ends Saturday morning count for Friday?
Hoursprig counts it on the day it started, Friday.
Is Saturday work overtime?
Not by itself under federal law; only hours over 40 in the workweek are overtime.
How does a $1.50 night differential change overtime?
It is part of the regular rate. For a week of only night hours at $19.25 + $1.50, overtime is 1.5 × $20.75 = $31.125 an hour.