Glossary
Payroll Compliance Glossary. 22 Key Terms Every Payroll and HR Team Must Know
Definitions for 22 essential payroll compliance terms across five categories. Covers time capture, FLSA rules, audit controls and failure modes.
This glossary defines 22 essential terms in payroll compliance and automated time capture, organized into five sections: Foundational Concepts, Time Capture and Recording, Wage-and-Hour Rules, Audit and Penalty Controls and Failure Modes. Each definition is scoped to the problem of translating captured time into compliant payroll outputs. Compiled by EasyClocking by WorkEasy Software for payroll managers, HR ops leads and accounting teams managing multi-location, remote or construction workforces.
Foundational Concepts
Establishes the core regulatory and operational vocabulary that every other term in the hub depends on.
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