What one hour actually is
An hour worked, an hour paid and an hour charged are three different quantities, and most systems record one of them.
Three Hours, One Payslip
An hour worked, an hour paid and an hour charged are three different quantities. Why they never match, and which one every system records.
The Hour You Pay For
Paid hours are the authoritative cost figure and the wrong divisor. Where the number comes from, what it includes, and what it quietly leaves out.
The Hour That Reaches a Job
Chargeable hours are the smallest of the three counts and the only ones that recover anything. What makes an hour chargeable, and what the share usually is.
Measuring the Hour at All
Every hour figure comes from somewhere. The four sources, what each is actually evidence of, and which one to trust for which purpose.
Timesheets and What They Are Evidence Of
A timesheet is a self-report made under known conditions. What follows from that for how it should be read, collected and used.
The Gap Between Payroll and the Timesheets
Two systems count the same hours and disagree. How to run the reconciliation, what the difference usually consists of, and what the residue means.
The Minute Nobody Rounds
Rounding conventions move labour cost by more than most people expect. Where rounding happens, which direction it runs, and what to write down.