29 CFR §785.48(b) names 5-, 6- (one-tenth hour), and 15-minute rounding
- Source (primary)
- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-785.48
- Verified
- July 25, 2026
- Notes
10-minute option is labeled as a payroll convention, not regulation-named.
Round vs Exact Time Exposure Calculator
Fact Check: Round vs Exact Time Exposure Calculator
Verified July 25, 2026How we fact-check
Summary
We checked the exposure calculator’s rounding intervals, 7-minute-rule description, scale-up math, California / Oregon case posture, and related-resource claims against primary sources and the shipped time-clock-rounding-rules research. All checked claims are marked Verified.
This is a quantification tool, not a compliance engine. It compares exact vs rounded paid minutes for a sample week and scales dollars. Policy legality, meal-period rounding, liquidated damages, and class aggregation are intentionally out of scope.
Verification result: the checked tool claims are verified for publication.
Statutory / regulatory
2 claims
Federal rounding must not underpay employees over time
- Source (primary)
- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-785.48
- Verified
- July 25, 2026
- Notes
Tool correctly frames a one-week gap as audit signal, not automatic illegality.
Industry convention / product behavior
1 claim
“7-minute rule” is the colloquial quarter-hour half-interval convention
- Source (primary)
- research/time-clock-rounding-rules (7-minute table)
- Verified
- July 25, 2026
- Notes
Implementation uses Math.round to nearest 15; midpoint 7.5 rounds away from zero for positive values. Not presented as a separate statute.
Product math
1 claim
Default underpay example math (8:53–5:00, 15-min, −7 min/day, −35 min/week, $37,916.67 annual at $25 × 50 × 52)
- Source (primary)
- data.ts computePunchDay + computeExposure
- Verified
- July 25, 2026
- Notes
Unit tests lock gross 487 → 480, net 457 → 450, week −35, annual (35/60)×25×50×52.
Product behavior
1 claim
Rounding is applied to the gross shift before break deduction
- Source (primary)
- data.ts computePunchDay
- Verified
- July 25, 2026
- Notes
Matches time-card-calculator order; methodology discloses per-edge punch systems may differ.
Legal precedent
3 claims
See’s Candy allowed facially neutral rounding that does not undercompensate over time (CA Court of Appeal 2012)
- Source (primary)
- https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/4th/210/889.html
- Verified
- July 25, 2026
- Notes
Cited as historical neutrality framework, not as current “rounding is always fine in CA.”
Donohue bars California meal-period rounding (final CA Supreme Court)
- Source (primary)
- https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2021/s253677.html
- Verified
- July 25, 2026
- Notes
Tool does not model meal periods; correctly scopes out.
Woodworth followed Camp’s direction (2023 Court of Appeal)
- Source (primary)
- https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/2023/e068718.html
- Verified
- July 25, 2026
- Notes
Described as same direction; no invented holding details.
Procedural posture
1 claim
Camp held exact-time pay when exact time is captured; CA Supreme Court review pending (persuasive, not final SC law)
- 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
- July 25, 2026
- Notes
Copy does not invent a final Supreme Court holding.
Legal precedent / procedural posture
1 claim
Eisele is a federal district-court decision warning Oregon employers; not Oregon Supreme Court law
- Source (primary)
- https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/oregon/ordce/3:2020cv00635/152064/89/
- Verified
- July 25, 2026
- Notes
Authority level stated accurately in FAQ and methodology.
Product / editorial
1 claim
Related surfaces — research/article time-clock-rounding-rules, quick-read why-time-clock-rounding-is-risky-now, tool time-card-calculator
- Source (primary)
- existing registries for those slugs
- Verified
- July 25, 2026
- Notes
Slugs match shipped cluster resources.
Sources
11 unique sources cited across the report — click to audit any claim directly against its evidence.
- 1.https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-785.48
- 2.research/time-clock-rounding-rules (7-minute table)
- 3.data.ts computePunchDay + computeExposure
- 4.data.ts computePunchDay
- 5.https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/4th/210/889.html
- 6.https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2021/s253677.html
- 7.https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/2022/h049033.html
- 8.https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/eight/rule8_1115
- 9.https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/2023/e068718.html
- 10.https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/oregon/ordce/3:2020cv00635/152064/89/
- 11.existing registries for those slugs
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