The calculator supports exact-time totals plus optional rounding
- Source (primary)
- Clockspot time card calculator implementation
- Verified
- May 29, 2026
- Notes
The default rounding mode is exact / none.
Time Card Calculator with Lunch
Fact Check: Time Card Calculator with Lunch
Verified May 29, 2026How we fact-check
Summary
We checked the time card calculator's visible rounding claims, overtime model, California warning, recordkeeping-related methodology, and related-resource links. All checked claims are marked Verified.
This is a calculation tool, not a state-law engine. It computes daily/weekly time card totals, optional payroll rounding, a single overtime rule, and gross pay. State-stacked overtime, California meal-break premium pay, wage-claim damages, and full rounding-policy legality are intentionally handled by related articles or tools.
Verification result: the checked tool claims are verified for publication.
Product behavior
4 claims
Midnight crossover is handled by treating an earlier clock-out as next day
- Source (primary)
- Clockspot time card calculator implementation
- Verified
- May 29, 2026
- Notes
The data layer adds 24 hours when out time is earlier than in time.
The calculator applies one overtime rule at a time
- Source (primary)
- Clockspot time card calculator implementation
- Verified
- May 29, 2026
- Notes
State-stacked overtime is correctly deferred to the state overtime calculator.
The calculator does not save entries to a server
- Source (primary)
- Clockspot time card calculator implementation
- Verified
- May 29, 2026
- Notes
Inputs are local component state.
Statutory / regulatory
3 claims
29 CFR §785.48(b) names 5 minutes, one-tenth of an hour, and quarter-hour rounding
- Source (primary)
- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-785.48
- Verified
- May 29, 2026
- Notes
The tool now states that one-tenth of an hour is 6 minutes, includes 6-minute rounding in the UI, and labels 10-minute rounding as a payroll convention rather than a regulation-named interval. The prior 30-minute option was removed.
Federal rounding must not underpay employees over time
- Source (primary)
- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-785.48
- Verified
- May 29, 2026
- Notes
The methodology correctly explains that actual workplace neutrality depends on real punch data.
Weekly overtime baseline is hours over 40 at 1.5x
- Source (primary)
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/207
- Verified
- May 29, 2026
- Notes
The tool only computes the selected overtime mode; it does not claim full state stacking.
Procedural posture
1 claim
Camp is pending California Supreme Court review and is persuasive while review is pending
- Source (primary)
- https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/2022/h049033.html
- Source (secondary)
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/eight/rule8_1115
- Verified
- May 29, 2026
- Notes
The visible FAQ treats Camp as unpublished California Court of Appeal authority, not final California Supreme Court law.
Legal precedent
1 claim
Donohue bars California meal-period rounding
- Source (primary)
- https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2021/s253677.html
- Verified
- May 29, 2026
- Notes
Donohue is final California Supreme Court authority.
Operational routing
1 claim
California, Alaska, Nevada, and Colorado have daily overtime rules that may require a specialized state calculator
- Source (primary)
- Clockspot overtime laws by state research
- Source (secondary)
- Clockspot state overtime calculator
- Verified
- May 29, 2026
- Notes
The FAQ routes complex state stacking to the dedicated state overtime calculator.
Product/design rationale
1 claim
Exact-time default is the safer user experience
- Source (primary)
- Clockspot time clock rounding rules research
- Verified
- May 29, 2026
- Notes
The statement is a design choice supported by the refreshed research; users can still opt into rounding.
Sources
9 unique sources cited across the report — click to audit any claim directly against its evidence.
- 1.Clockspot time card calculator implementation
- 2.https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-785.48
- 3.https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/2022/h049033.html
- 4.https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/eight/rule8_1115
- 5.https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2021/s253677.html
- 6.https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/207
- 7.Clockspot overtime laws by state research
- 8.Clockspot state overtime calculator
- 9.Clockspot time clock rounding rules research
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