Split shifts
The split-shift premium, recomputed day by day from the punches.
California employers · fixed fee
Find wage calculation errors before they add up.
- We recompute split shifts, meal and rest premiums, waiting time and overtime from your payroll export.
- Each difference comes with the calculation and an exposure estimate, for management and counsel.
- Fixed fee
- Runs from your payroll export
- Employees by record ID, never by name
What we check
Four calculations, recomputed record by record.
We agree the rules and the period with you before we start.
Meal and rest periods
Late, short or missed meal periods and rest breaks, and whether the premium was paid.
Regular rate and overtime
Overtime and premiums paid at the regular rate, with bonuses and commissions counted.
Waiting time
Final pay for employees who left, and what a late payment adds.
For W-2s due February 1, 2027, the W-2 overtime and tips check runs on the same engine.
What you get
A report management and counsel can work from.
Every finding shows the calculation behind it. Employees appear by record ID, never by name.
A sample finding
- Record
- ANON-0221, Monday, March 9, 2026
- Rule
- California meal period: the first meal starts by the end of the fifth hour of work
- Punches
- In 9:00 a.m., meal 2:20 to 2:50 p.m., out 5:30 p.m.
- Finding
- The meal started after 5 hours 20 minutes of work
- Calculation
- 1 hour at the regular rate of $21.40 = $21.40 premium
- Next step
- For management and counsel review
Built inside a real payroll.
We built these calculations inside the payroll of a multi-location fitness business. The split-shift fix alone came to $120k a year, measured from that business's payroll over six months and annualized.
Questions
What do you need from us?
A payroll export and the time punches for the period we review. No system access and no setup.
How is employee data handled?
Names are replaced with record IDs before any calculation, and the report lists employees by record ID. Access and data-processing terms are signed before we receive any files.
Is this legal advice?
No. The report is calculations for management and counsel review, not legal advice. Counsel decides what the findings mean and what to do about them.
Do you cover states other than California?
The rules engine covers California today. If you have hourly staff in other states, tell us where.
How is this different from the savings audit?
This audit checks California premium and penalty rules. The savings audit looks for money going out that shouldn't: pay that doesn't match your rules, unused tools and vendor charges.
What does it cost?
A fixed fee, quoted before we start, based on the period, the number of locations and the rules in scope.
Talk to us about an exposure audit.
Tell us about your locations and your payroll system. We'll reply with what we'd need and how it would work.