Latest check October 26, 2026
How we verify
Our break-law pages, and the state rules shown in our time card, timesheet and overtime calculators, carry a "Last verified" date. This is what that date means and how we get it.
Our break-law pages, and the state rules shown in our time card, timesheet and overtime calculators, carry a "Last verified" date. This is what that date means and how we get it.
Every break, overtime and pay rule on those pages comes from an official source: a state statute or regulation, a state labor department, or the U.S. Department of Labor. We do not use law firm blogs, HR websites or other summaries. Each rule is stored with a link to its source and a short passage quoted word for word from it.
A rule is verified when we download its official source and find the quoted passage in it. The date next to a rule is the last day that happened. The date at the top of a page is the oldest date of any rule on that page, so everything on the page was confirmed on or after it.
Where a rule comes from one of the Labor Department's state tables (for example, states listed as having no meal-break law), we also show the date the table itself was last revised, because that is when the Department last updated it.
On October 26, 2026 we checked 337 quoted rules and Labor Department references used on our break-law pages and state calculators: 279 were found in their official source, and 58 could not be downloaded by our checker (blocked, refused or unreachable) and kept their earlier date. Where a source had moved, we updated the link and confirmed the quote in the new version before publishing.
Verification confirms that we describe the official source accurately. It cannot cover every exception, industry rule, union contract or city law, and it is not legal advice. If something on a page looks wrong to you, tell us and we will check it against the source.
See it in practice on the break laws by state pages.