---
title: "Summarize payroll hours and pay for an underpayment audit"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/employment-and-workplace-relations/summarise-underpayment-payroll-data-for-an-audit/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A14-B6-4-US"
practice_area: "Employment & Workplace Relations (incl. WHS)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Summarize payroll hours and pay for an underpayment audit

> Summarize, by employee and pay period, the hours and amounts in the payroll file the lawyer supplies, and list each gap in the weeks.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/employment-and-workplace-relations/summarise-underpayment-payroll-data-for-an-audit/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 | Summarize, by employee and pay period, the hours and amounts in the payroll file the lawyer supplies, and list each gap in the weeks. |
| 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. The section sets out exceptions and a definition of the regular rate. You decide whether money is owed, whether an exception applies, and what the regular rate is. State wage law can require more. Check every total against the source record before a figure is used. The summary is not itself a demand. Model Rule 1.6: do not put payroll records into a public tool. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Summarise underpayment payroll data for an audit](https://ailawframework.com/practice/employment-and-workplace-relations/summarise-underpayment-payroll-data-for-an-audit.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Summarize, by employee and pay period, the hours and amounts in the payroll file the lawyer supplies, and list each gap in the weeks.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A job title does not decide an exemption. The exemption section is separate, and the regulations under it have to be opened.
- State wage orders can set a higher floor than § 207. Open those that apply before a figure is sent.

## 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.*