https://punchclockmath.com/updates/ Dated verifications, value changes and corrections of the federal and state wage-and-hour rules the calculators use. 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z Punch Clock Mathhttps://punchclockmath.com tag:punchclockmath.com,2026-10-22:update/2026-10-22-ca-split-shift-offset 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z

October 22, 2026. California split shifts: the note now says that pay above the minimum wage counts toward the split-shift premium, so a worker paid well above the minimum wage may be owed little or nothing extra. The earlier wording could be read as an extra hour always being owed. Before: One hour’s pay at the minimum wage in addition to the minimum wage for that workday. Now: Minimum wage for the hours plus one hour at the minimum wage; pay above the minimum wage counts toward it.

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October 22, 2026. California: added the split-shift rule from the IWC wage orders (Order 5, section 4(C): one hour’s pay at the minimum wage on top of the minimum wage for that workday) as a sourced note. The time card flags split shifts but do not compute the amount. Before: —. Now: Split-shift note with source.

tag:punchclockmath.com,2026-10-22:update/2026-10-22-holidays-wording 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z

October 22, 2026. The federal-holiday rule text no longer carries an internal research cross-reference; no date or rule changed. Before: … with an internal cross-reference. Now: ….

tag:punchclockmath.com,2026-10-22:update/2026-10-22-notax-order 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z

October 22, 2026. Correction before launch: the no-tax-on-overtime estimator now applies the income phase-out after the cap, as Schedule 1-A does (line 21 = the smaller of the premium and the cap, minus $100 for each full $1,000 of MAGI over the threshold, never below $0). The earlier build took the reduction off the cap first, which overstated the deduction when the premium was under the cap and MAGI was above $150,000 ($300,000 joint). Before: min(premium, cap − reduction). Now: max(0, min(premium, cap) − reduction).

tag:punchclockmath.com,2026-10-22:update/2026-10-22-state-wording-breaks 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z

October 22, 2026. The meal and rest break descriptions on the break-laws page were rewritten for readers; no rule changed.

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October 22, 2026. The coverage notes and limits on the state overtime and break pages were rewritten for readers (research shorthand removed); no rule, number or condition changed.

tag:punchclockmath.com,2026-10-22:update/2026-10-22-ca-556-note 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z

October 22, 2026. California: the note on Labor Code 556 now says it relaxes only the one-day-rest-in-seven rule, not seventh-day overtime pay. Before: Labor Code 556 (7th-day exception …) exist but were not confirmed. Now: Labor Code 556 relaxes only the day-of-rest rule.

tag:punchclockmath.com,2026-10-22:update/2026-10-22-dst-note 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z

October 22, 2026. The daylight-saving note now says only what the Department of Transportation states — Hawaii and most of Arizona keep standard time — and no longer names the part of Arizona that changes its clocks, which was not confirmed on a primary page. Before: …the Navajo Nation in Arizona observes daylight saving time.. Now: …part of Arizona does change its clocks, so the tools ask rather than guess..

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October 22, 2026. Oregon: the question for the 10-hour daily overtime rule now leaves out sawmills, planing mills, shingle mills and logging camps, which ORS 652.020(2)(d) treats in a separate section. Before: Do you work in a mill, factory, manufacturing establishment, cannery, drier, packing plant or seafood processor?. Now: … (not a sawmill, planing mill, shingle mill or logging camp).

tag:punchclockmath.com,2026-10-22:update/2026-10-22-states-recheck 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z

October 22, 2026. Independent re-check of all 51 state rows from each state's own sources: every overtime threshold confirmed; Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming upgraded from partly confirmed to confirmed; each state's wage-and-hour agency added; Rhode Island's Sunday and holiday premium listed as not modeled. Georgia and Mississippi stay partly confirmed (no state statement that there is no state overtime law was found; the federal rule applies). Before: 39 confirmed, 12 partly confirmed. Now: 49 confirmed, 2 partly confirmed.

tag:punchclockmath.com,2026-10-22:update/2026-10-22-launch-verification 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z

October 22, 2026. First verification of every rule from its official source: the federal overtime, hours-worked and rounding rules (DOL, eCFR, U.S. Code), the overtime deduction (Public Law 119-21, IRS), 2025 and 2026 federal tax brackets (IRS), federal holidays 2025–2029 (OPM), daylight saving time (U.S. Code, DOT), and the overtime and break rules of all 50 states and DC (each state's own sources).