Time Clock Rounding Rules: The 7-Minute Rule Explained (2026)
Quick answer: Under federal law, employers may round employees’ clock-in and clock-out times to the nearest 5 minutes, tenth of an hour (6 minutes) or quarter hour (15 minutes), but only if the rounding is neutral. That means it averages out over time so employees are paid for all the time they actually worked. With … Read more