Q. One of my duties is to keep a log of employees’ hours worked. I know Excel has a time-function application, so I figured it would not only track the hours but even give me end-of-week totals. But ...

If you pay employees an hourly wage and use time cards to track ... who go off the clock for breaks and meal hours, your daily calculations can become complex. Relying on Excel to do the math ...

You can use an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of your billable hours: Just list the start time in one column, the end time in a second column and then subtract the first from the second.