About Us & Editorial Standards — US Payroll & Overtime Verification

1. Our Mission: Eliminating Payroll Opacity for US Hourly Workers

Over 78 million American workers are paid by the hour. Yet millions of W-2 shift workers, registered nurses, warehouse associates, commercial drivers, and 1099 contractors struggle to reconcile their weekly hours against complex employer payroll systems (such as ADP, Kronos/UKG, Gusto, Paychex, and QuickBooks).

WorkHoursCalculator.app (along with our companion domain workhourscalculatorapp.com and official mobile application com.workhourscalculator.app) was engineered to solve three persistent failures across legacy mobile time-tracking apps:

Zero Paywalls on Essential Exports: Unlike legacy apps that lock CSV exports, PDF timesheets, or overtime calculations behind USD 4.99–9.99/month subscriptions, our full calculation and export suite is 100% free and accessible in the browser or offline PWA.
True US Federal & State Statutory Logic: Most timecard apps only add hours and multiply by a flat rate. Our engine natively models 29 CFR Part 785 (FLSA) 40-hour weekly overtime, California Labor Code §§ 510 & 226.7 daily overtime (1.5x after 8h), double-time (2.0x after 12h), and mandatory meal-break penalty hours (+1 hour regular pay).
Wage-Theft & Rounding Transparency: We built the industry's first interactive FLSA 7-Minute Rule (15-Minute Rounding) Auditor and Paystub Discrepancy Detector so workers can see—down to the penny—how timeclock rounding and missed shift differentials impact their gross pay.

2. Statutory Research & Mathematical Verification Standards

Every formula and state preset deployed on WorkHoursCalculator.app undergoes a rigorous three-step verification protocol before publication:

Primary Statutory Sourcing: We cite and model rules directly from primary government publications, including the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) Fact Sheets, the Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR Parts 541, 778, and 785), IRS Publication 15 (Circular E, Employer's Tax Guide), and state industrial welfare commission wage orders.
Algorithmic Edge-Case Testing: Every release is tested against midnight-crossover graveyard shifts (e.g., 22:00 to 06:30), bi-weekly 14-day workweek boundaries, unpaid meal break deductions, and hundredths-of-an-hour decimal conversions.
Quarterly Regulatory Audits: Our editorial and engineering team reviews state labor code updates and FICA tax thresholds quarterly. Whenever a statutory parameter changes, both the web calculator and mobile app manifest are updated simultaneously.

3. Privacy-First, Zero-Cloud Local Architecture

Your work schedule and hourly wage are sensitive personal financial data. Unlike cloud-based time trackers that require account registration and store your shift history on remote marketing servers, WorkHoursCalculator.app operates 100% client-side:

All timesheet entries, hourly rates, and live punch clock timestamps are stored exclusively in your device's local browser storage (localStorage).
You can export a complete, portable .JSON backup file to your phone or computer with one click (💾 Backup) and restore it anytime without creating an account.

4. Editorial Independence & Corrections Policy

We maintain strict editorial independence. Our calculators are never altered to favor employers or third-party payroll vendors. If you identify a calculation edge case, a state statutory update, or a typographical error in our guides, please contact our Editorial Desk at support@workhourscalculator.app or visit our Contact & Corrections Page. Verified corrections are deployed within 24–48 business hours.