The HRTech Wire

Hidden Payroll Rounding Risk: Unpaid Preshift Time Under Scrutiny

A Pennsylvania federal court let a former nurse's FLSA suit over unpaid preshift scrub-changing time proceed against Chestnut Hill Hospital, finding a factual dispute over whether clock-in caps and quarter-hour rounding excluded required work from pay. The ruling also lets an FMLA claim proceed over attendance points that an automated timekeeping system assigned for protected leave.