This fact check separates legal claims from practical workflow advice. The legal claims were checked against Department of Labor recordkeeping guidance and 29 CFR Part 516. The workflow claims were checked for conservative wording: the article recommends a pay-period close process without saying federal law requires every step in that exact form.
No contradictions found. The article correctly treats payroll export as an output of the time record, not a replacement for the underlying record.
2 claims
Covered employers must keep accurate wage and hour records for nonexempt workers
DOL requires accurate information about hours worked and wages earned, without mandating one specific record format.
Nonexempt employee records include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek
This supports the article's focus on complete daily and weekly time records before payroll.
3 claims
Pay-period close should resolve missing punches, edits, overtime, breaks, approvals, export, and late corrections
The article presents this as a practical close workflow, not a statutory checklist.
Payroll export is an output, not a replacement for the underlying time record
The article's distinction is consistent with the requirement to keep the records behind hours and wages.
Post-close corrections should remain visible
The article does not prescribe one payroll-provider correction method.
1 claim
Clockspot helps small businesses review time cards, approve hours, and keep payroll-ready records together
The claim is limited to product workflow and avoids legal-compliance guarantees.
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