ClopeningCheck

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Clopening premium audit

Load your timecards, pick the city or state: every shift that broke the rest rule and the premium owed, per employee.

Read in this browser only: the file is not uploaded anywhere. One row per clock-in and clock-out.

Sample data: a made-up week for three made-up people, so you can see the result. Load your own export above.

Rate, meal breaks, pay period
Does the Seattle rule cover you? You decide

Not all ticked: the results show what the rule would require if it covers you. Check coverage with the city or state labor office. The Seattle rule and its source.

Result

Premium owed, Seattle
$92.00
Pairs under 10 h rest
4
Employees
3
Shifts
12
Close-then-open pairs checked
7
Hours the premium applies to
9 h

Time and a half of the opening shift's scheduled rate for the hours worked less than 10 hours after the previous day's shift. After the previous day's shift. The premium is what the rule adds over straight time. Applies the rest-between-shifts rules of the jurisdiction you choose to the shifts you load. Coverage depends on your industry and size — check with the city or state labor office. Not legal advice. Not affiliated with any city or state agency.

Per employee, Seattle
EmployeePairs insideBasis hoursPremium
Jo Park1 of 32 h$19.50
Lee Chen1 of 22 h$20.00
Sam Rivera2 of 25 h$52.50
Total49 h$92.00
Per pay period
Pay periodPairs insidePremium
2026-09-14 to 2026-09-204$92.00
Pairs inside the rest window
EmployeeClosedOpenedGapBasisPremium
Jo ParkTue 09/15 1:00 AMTue 09/15 9:00 AM8 h2 h$19.50
Lee ChenFri 09/18 10:00 PMSat 09/19 6:00 AM8 h2 h$20.00
Sam RiveraMon 09/14 11:30 PMTue 09/15 6:30 AM7 h3 h$31.50
Sam RiveraThu 09/17 11:00 PMFri 09/18 7:00 AM8 h2 h$21.00

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Every pair from your file in Excel with live formulas, totals per employee and pay period, and a printable summary per employee.

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The tools

How the audit works

  1. Each row of your export is one clock-in and clock-out. Punches of the same person up to an hour apart (a meal break) are joined into one shift; you can change that.
  2. Shifts are sorted per employee. For each shift, the gap since the end of that person's previous shift is the real elapsed time in the city's time zone, so the nights the clocks change count right.
  3. A gap shorter than the local rest window is flagged when the rule counts it: most rules only count a shift that follows the previous day's shift (or one that ran past midnight).
  4. The premium follows the local formula: a flat amount per shift (New York City $100, Philadelphia $40), time and a half on the hours inside the window (Oregon, Seattle, Emeryville, Evanston) or on the whole next shift (Los Angeles city and county), or 1.25 times on the whole next shift (Chicago).

Sample data: the made-up week above has 4 pairs under Seattle's 10-hour window, $92.00 of premium over straight time; under New York City's fast-food rule the same week has 5 pairs under 11 hours, $500.00.

Where the rules come from

Each rule is read on the city's or state's own code or labor office page, quoted and dated (2026-09-30): New York City, Oregon, Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles (city), Los Angeles County (unincorporated), Emeryville, Evanston. A place whose rule we could not read on an official page is not listed. Your timecards stay in your browser: nothing is uploaded and nothing you load is sent to analytics.

Applies the rest-between-shifts rules of the jurisdiction you choose to the shifts you load. Coverage depends on your industry and size — check with the city or state labor office. Not legal advice. Not affiliated with any city or state agency.

Frequently asked questions

Is clopening illegal?
Not in general. A handful of cities and one state set a minimum rest between a closing and the next opening shift for covered employers: the employee can decline, and if they work it the employer pays a premium. New York City (fast food) and Philadelphia pay a flat amount; Oregon, Seattle, Chicago, Los Angeles, Emeryville and Evanston pay a higher rate.
What is the 11-hour rule between shifts?
New York City's fast-food rule, Emeryville's and Evanston's: fewer than 11 hours between the end of one shift and the start of the next triggers the premium. Oregon, Seattle, Chicago and Los Angeles use 10 hours; Philadelphia uses 9.
Which export formats work?
Any CSV with one row per clock-in and clock-out: a column for the employee, the clock-in and the clock-out, and a date column unless the clock cells carry the date. An hourly rate column is optional. The mapper guesses the columns from their names and lets you change each one.
Is my timecard file uploaded?
No. It is read by your browser and kept in this browser's storage so the page and Pro can reopen it. No account, no upload, and nothing you load is sent to analytics.
Does the tool decide whether the law covers my business?
No. Coverage depends on industry, employer size, pay and location. Each rule lists its conditions as checkboxes; the audit shows what the rule would require if it applies. Check with the city or state labor office.
Is the premium shown on top of regular pay?
Yes. For a time-and-a-half rule the premium shown is the extra half of the rate for the hours it applies to (the straight time is already in payroll); the pay at the rest rate is shown too. Flat rules show the flat amount per shift.

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