The Other Direction
The same records that show minutes taken from the employer show minutes taken from the worker. In most measured comparisons the second figure is larger.
Analysis
Both directions
The same records answer both questions. In most measured comparisons the unpaid column is larger, and it is the one with a statutory basis behind it.
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The Rules on Unpaid Time
What counts as working time, where rounding is permitted, and the three arrangements that reliably produce claims.
Reference
Rounding
A settings choice that quietly moves minutes in one direction, and the ten-minute test that shows which.
Procedure
The Minutes Before the Clock
Changing, briefings, equipment, security checks and queues. The largest category of unpaid time in most operations.
Analysis
Keeping Both Columns
The practical case for measuring both directions, made in terms that persuade people who are not interested in fairness.
Analysis
The Thing You Are Spending
Every control here depends on people reporting failures rather than absorbing them. What that is worth, and how it is spent.
Analysis