---
title: "Reconcile payroll evidence before calculating overtime back pay"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/employment-and-workplace-relations/reconcile-payroll-evidence-before-calculating-backpay/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A14-P20260916-2-US"
practice_area: "Employment & Workplace Relations (incl. WHS)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Reconcile payroll evidence before calculating overtime back pay

> Build a week-by-week table of hours, rates and amounts paid from the payroll records the lawyer supplies, and flag weeks over 40 hours and gaps in the records.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/employment-and-workplace-relations/reconcile-payroll-evidence-before-calculating-backpay/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Employment & Workplace Relations (incl. WHS)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/employment-and-workplace-relations.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Build a week-by-week table of hours, rates and amounts paid from the payroll records the lawyer supplies, and flag weeks over 40 hours and gaps in the records. |
| What the lawyer must review | 29 U.S.C. § 207 generally requires pay of at least one and one-half times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek, and the section sets out exceptions and a definition of the regular rate. You decide whether an exception applies, by opening it, and you decide the regular rate. State wage law can require more. Check every total against the source record before a figure is used in a demand or a filing. Do not put payroll records into a public tool (Model Rule 1.6). |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Reconcile payroll evidence before calculating backpay](https://ailawframework.com/practice/employment-and-workplace-relations/reconcile-payroll-evidence-before-calculating-backpay.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Build a week-by-week table of hours, rates and amounts paid from the payroll records the lawyer supplies, and flag weeks over 40 hours and gaps in the records.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- An exemption is a legal conclusion. Do not treat a job title as exempt.
- State wage orders and local ordinances can set a higher floor than § 207. Open those that apply.

## Sources

- [29 U.S.C. § 207 (maximum hours and overtime)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/207) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Model Rule 1.6, Confidentiality of Information](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_6_confidentiality_of_information/) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Application to recover unpaid wages and superannuation (QIRC Form 15)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/employment-and-workplace-relations/form-qld-qirc-15-unpaid-wages.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to QIRC Form 15, titled on the forms page as an application to recover unpaid wages, superannuation contributions and related amounts. |
| [Small claim under the Fair Work Act (Federal Circuit and Family Court Form 5)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/employment-and-workplace-relations/form-fcfcoa-gfl-5-small-claim.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Federal Circuit and Family Court Form 5, the small claim under the Fair Work Act. The form page cites the Court's 2021 general federal law rules. |

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*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*