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WORK / WAITING TIME

Waiting Between Tasks Is Still Work. Record It Before the Payroll Cutoff

Record on-duty waiting time against platform pay to produce an effective hourly rate and a written claim summary. It runs locally in this browser and sends nothing.

LIMIT FIRST: This is a record-keeping aid, not legal or tax advice. It cannot compel a payment, overturn a deactivation, or determine whether a specific practice is unlawful.
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Rule status (federal route): in force: the FLSA waiting-time rules at 29 CFR 785.14–785.16 treat on-duty waiting as generally compensable and fully relieved waiting as generally not. Applicability turns on the facts of the shift, which is why the contemporaneous record is the case. Reviewed 2026-10-03.

Automated decision this documents: app-based dispatch that measures pay and performance on active-task time only

Free path, in order (no cost):

  1. DOL Wage and Hour Division — 1-866-4-US-WAGE (dol.gov/agencies/whd)
  2. Your state labor department's wage-claim unit
  3. Legal aid intake through lawhelp.org

What this cannot do: It cannot compel a payment, overturn a deactivation, or determine whether a specific practice is unlawful.

Sources checked 2026-10-03 · source bank reviewed against the live pages listed in metadata.

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  • copyable claim summary
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