![]() 785.47 explains the so-called de minimis rule, stating that "insubstantial or insignificant periods of time beyond the scheduled working hours, which cannot as a practical administrative matter be precisely recorded for payroll purposes, may be disregarded." It notes, however, that the de minimis rule applies only in case of intervals of "a few seconds' or minutes' duration", and the employer would need to be able to explain how disregarding such intervals is "justified by industrial realities." In addition, any fixed or regularly-occurring work time may not be disregarded, no matter how small, as long as it can be readily ascertained. The regulations on this are found in subpart D of part 785 of the wage and hour regulations. ![]() ![]() Time missed or worked within that interval will not be deducted from or added to the time worked, whereas time missed or worked outside that interval will result in that interval being deducted from or added to the time worked. Many employers do not pay employees according to the exact number of hours and minutes they work, but rather utilize some sort of "rounding" or "roundoff" system whereby a certain interval is set that serves as the minimum block of time that will be recognized as a unit of time worked or not worked. PDF files require Adobe Reader for viewing.
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