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Biweekly timesheet
A two-week timesheet for a biweekly pay period. Week 1 and Week 2 each get a row per day and their own week total, so overtime is worked out one workweek at a time, and the pay-period totals and signatures sit at the bottom of the same page.
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On this page
Why two separate weeks
Biweekly pay is common, but the federal overtime rule works week by week. Overtime is owed for hours over 40 in a single workweek; you cannot average two weeks together. Someone who works 45 hours one week and 35 the next has 80 hours in the pay period, but 5 of them are overtime.
That is why this sheet keeps the weeks apart. Each week has its own table, its own Week total row and its own overtime column, and only then do the totals at the bottom add the two weeks together.
What prints
The heading reads Biweekly Timesheet, with your company name on the right if you typed one. Under it are lines for the employee, the start of the period, the employee ID, the department, the supervisor and the hourly rate. Then come Week 1 and Week 2, each a table with a row per day. At the bottom are boxes for total regular hours, total overtime hours and total hours, and signature lines for the employee and the supervisor.
The settings
- Days. All seven days, or Monday to Friday.
- Columns. Time in, lunch and time out; two breaks plus lunch, which turns the page to landscape so the extra columns fit; or just in and out.
- Overtime column. Leave it on for hourly staff.
- Period. Switch to "One week" for the single-week weekly timesheet.
Worked example: a two-week period
The pay period starts on Monday, March 1. In week 1 Sam works 9 hours a day Monday to Thursday and 8 on Friday: 9 × 4 + 8 = 44 hours, so 40 regular and 4 overtime. In week 2 Sam works 7.5 hours a day for five days: 37.5 hours, all regular.
The bottom boxes read: total regular hours 77.5, total overtime hours 4, total hours 81.5. If the hours had been averaged across the two weeks, the 4 overtime hours would have disappeared, which is exactly the mistake the separate tables prevent.
Before you sign
Check that every day has both an in and an out time, that lunch breaks are recorded, and that each week's total matches its rows. The employee signs first, then the supervisor. This page is a form, not legal advice; state overtime rules can be stricter than the federal rule.