Does Your Employer Round Your Clock-In and Clock-Out Times? What New York Workers Should Know

Introduction: A Few Minutes Every Day Can Add Up You arrive at work at 8:53 a.m. and clock in. But when you check your time record, your starting time appears as 9:00 a.m. Later that day, you finish working at 5:08 p.m., but your timecard shows 5:00 p.m. It is only a few minutes, so you may not think much about it. But what if it happens every day? Those small differences can add up to hours of potentially unpaid time over weeks and months. Some employers use timekeeping systems that “round” employees’ clock in and clock out times rather...