diff --git a/app/Models/AttendanceRecord.php b/app/Models/AttendanceRecord.php
index d19ee0bee..5894e9b21 100644
--- a/app/Models/AttendanceRecord.php
+++ b/app/Models/AttendanceRecord.php
@@ -150,7 +150,11 @@ class AttendanceRecord extends BaseModel
             }
 
             $workingMinutes = max(0, $totalMinutes - $breakMinutes);
-            $calculatedHours = round($workingMinutes / 60, 2);
+            
+            // Round DOWN to the nearest 30 minutes (0.5 hours)
+            // e.g. 6.28 hours becomes 6.0 hours, 6.75 hours becomes 6.5 hours
+            $rawHours = $workingMinutes / 60;
+            $calculatedHours = floor($rawHours * 2) / 2;
 
             $this->attributes['total_hours'] = $calculatedHours;
             $this->attributes['break_hours'] = round($breakMinutes / 60, 2);