What do start and stop times actually mean with reference to time entry? Does it account for meal breaks?

The start time is the time when an employee’s shift starts; the stop time is the time when the employee’s shift ends.

Meal periods will be automatically deducted.

After 5 hours of work, a half-hour will be deducted; and an hour will be deducted after 7 hours of work. The HRMS will show the deducted hours as calculated hours (it will show in the calculated time).