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- It simplifies your payroll calculations. Rounding timesheets reduces inaccurate calculations, making the payroll calculation process much more efficient.
- It prevents overpaying your employees. Rounding helps employers avoid overpaying for work that wasn't performed by making sure that hours are accurately accounted for.
- You can control your overtime costs. Rounding prevents employers from paying excessive overtime by ensuring that hours are recorded consistently.
- It reduces administrative burden. Exact time tracking can be complex and prone to minor errors, so rounding lessens the administrative burden of handling these numerous clock entries manually.
- It eases compliance. Rounding can help employers comply with labor laws and regulations, by ensuring that employees are paid for their work and not penalized for minor variations in time.
- Rounding minimizes disputes between employee and employer. Rounding is generally considered fair and reasonable, so it helps reduce disputes concerning minor time discrepancies.
- It's practical for real-time punch-clock processes. If you're using a hardware time clock or Harmony's built-in clock in/out feature, you can easily record time in more fixed increments than deal with the minutes and seconds of each clock entry.
What is
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legal or
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illegal when it
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comes to
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rounding?
The legality of time clock rounding varies by location, but it's generally accepted if certain conditions are met. It can be come illegal when it systematically and unfairly benefits the employer, resulting in unpaid wages for employees. Some key principles to consider:
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