Timekeeping & the Law
Recordkeeping, classification, rounding, off-the-clock work, breaks, and multi-state complications.
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Federal wage-and-hour guidance is maintained by the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.
FLSA Recordkeeping: What You Must Keep, and for How Long
The records the FLSA requires, the retention periods, and why incomplete records shift the burden of proof onto the employer.
Timekeeping & the LawExempt or Non-Exempt: The Classification That Decides Your Records
The three tests, the current federal threshold, why state thresholds change the answer, and the recordkeeping consequence of getting it wrong.
Timekeeping & the LawRounding Time Entries: When It Is Lawful and When It Costs You
Federal law still permits rounding. California is dismantling it and other states have narrowed it. What the rules are, and why most employers should stop.
Timekeeping & the LawOff-the-Clock Work: The Ways It Happens Without Anyone Deciding To
Nobody instructs employees to work unpaid. It happens through defaults and culture — and the employer is liable for hours it should have known about.
Timekeeping & the LawMeal and Rest Breaks: The Federal Baseline and Where States Go Further
Federal law requires no breaks at all — but it does govern which breaks are paid. State law is where the obligations are, and where the penalties are.
Timekeeping & the LawTravel, Training and On-Call: What Counts as Hours Worked
Commuting, travel during the day, overnight trips, required training, waiting time and on-call arrangements — the rules employers get wrong most often.
Timekeeping & the LawTimekeeping for Remote and Hybrid Staff
Nobody sees the start and end of the day. The obligations do not change — but the ways records go wrong do, and multi-state remote work adds a second problem.
Timekeeping & the LawWhat a Wage and Hour Audit Looks Like, and What It Finds
How an investigation actually proceeds, the findings that recur, and the self-audit worth running first — because three days is not enough time to fix anything.
Timekeeping & the LawChoosing a Timekeeping System: The Questions That Actually Matter
Most selection processes compare features nobody uses. The questions that decide whether a system protects you — audit trails, raw data, state rules, and exit.
Timekeeping & the LawRolling Out Time Tracking Without Destroying Trust
Introducing time tracking to people who have never had it reads as an accusation unless you explain it. What to say, what not to say, and what to do first.
Timekeeping & the LawTimesheet Approval: Who Signs Off, and What They Are Attesting To
Approval is an attestation with legal weight, and most approvers have never been told what they are attesting to. What the process should require.
Timekeeping & the LawCorrecting Time Records: The Process That Keeps You Out of Trouble
Corrections are normal and necessary. What makes them defensible, and why a correction process nobody uses is the real warning sign.
Timekeeping & the LawTracking Time for Salaried Exempt Staff: When It Makes Sense
You are not required to record hours for exempt employees. There are good reasons to anyway — and one way of doing it that can cost you the exemption.
Timekeeping & the LawProject Time Versus Payroll Time: Two Systems, Two Purposes
One is a legal record, the other a management tool. Merging them produces a payroll record full of data you did not need and a project record nobody trusts.
Timekeeping & the LawManaging Across Time Zones
Overlap is a resource to be spent deliberately. How to design coverage, where the compliance obligations sit, and the load nobody accounts for.