Free tool
Shift hours calculator for care shifts
Work out a week of hours, including night shifts past midnight, unpaid breaks and sleep-ins. Add your rates for a pay estimate. Free, with no sign-up.
Type times like 7, 730 or 19:30. Shifts that end earlier than they start count as overnight.
DayStartEndBreak (min)Sleep-inHours
Mon12h
Tue—
Wed12h
Thu11.5h
Fri—
Sat6h
Sun—
The example week shows a long day, a waking night, a long day with a sleep-in and a short shift. Press Clear to start again. Estimates only, not payroll advice.
How it works
- How do I count a night shift that runs past midnight?
- Enter the start and end times as normal, for example 20:00 to 08:00. If the end time is earlier than the start, the calculator counts it as finishing the next day: 12 hours.
- Are breaks taken off the hours?
- Yes. Enter the unpaid break in minutes and it's taken off that shift's hours.
- How are sleep-ins counted?
- Tick Sleep-in for shifts that include one. Sleep-ins are counted separately and, if you enter a sleep-in rate, added to the pay estimate as a flat amount each.
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