Reports: hours, overtime, and payroll costs
Your gut feeling says it was a busy month. The reports tell you exactly how many hours were worked, how much overtime was logged, and what it cost – down to the percentage of revenue.
"It felt busy" is not a number you can manage by. The reports turn that feeling into facts: how many hours were actually worked, how much of that was overtime, and what the payroll cost in Norwegian kroner – and as a percentage of what the business earned. Here’s what you can extract.
Hours per employee, split correctly
The weekly report shows hours for each employee, split into regular time and overtime separately. It sounds obvious, but it’s this distinction that makes a report useful: you don’t just see that someone worked a lot, you see whether it was planned work or overtime that got out of hand.
Bonuses calculated for you
If you’ve set up bonuses – evening, weekend, or holiday rates – the report distributes the earned bonuses to the correct employee and correct rule. You see what triggered extra payment, not just a raw hour count. And if an employee worked hours without a rate in place, it’s not hidden: such "unexpected" hours are clearly marked, so the total never appears lower than it actually is.
How close are we to the legal limit?
Overtime is regulated by law, and the limits apply over rolling periods – not just week by week. The reports show the overtime status for the entire staff combined: how close each employee is to their overtime limit within the relevant windows. That way, you discover that someone is approaching the limit before you schedule them for another overtime shift, not after.
Payroll cost vs. revenue
For businesses with retail operations, the report can compare payroll costs to revenue for the same period and calculate the payroll share – the portion of income that went toward wages. This is one of the most widely used key figures in labor-intensive industries, and here you get it without first exporting to a spreadsheet. Days without revenue figures are handled honestly: no false percentages are shown.
Export when you need the raw data
Sometimes the numbers need to go further – to an auditor, a spreadsheet, or a payroll system. The time sheets can be exported as CSV for a selected period, ready to be taken further. The export is access-controlled and logged, so you know who retrieved what and when.
Right access for the right person
Reports and exports are controlled by access rights. A department manager might see the reports without being able to download raw data; finance can access both. This ensures sensitive figures only end up with those who need them.
In short
The reports give you hours per employee split into regular and overtime, bonuses calculated per rule, overtime status against the legal limit, payroll cost as a percentage of revenue, and CSV export when raw data needs to go further. Together, they turn "it felt busy" into something you can manage by.
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