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Open the companion tool →The rule that already exists
The FLSA's waiting-time rules (29 CFR 785.14–785.16) have been settled for decades: waiting on duty is generally compensable, while being completely relieved from duty for a long enough period is not. The regulation, not the app's timer, is the standard — and the app's export is the evidence that the time existed.
For time-based pay, the same log is also the check on the platform's own hourly guarantee: a guarantee measured against active time only is a different number from actual time on shift.
The protocol
- Log each on-duty waiting period: date, start, end, and where you had to be.
- Record what you could not do during it — no other work accepted, no leaving the area, no personal errands.
- Pair the waiting with the pay actually received for that shift, and compute the effective hourly rate.
- Note any stated policy about waiting time and where it appears (contractor terms, app message, handbook).
- Raise it in writing with the pay summary; if it is not corrected, take the log to the state labor office or the DOL Wage and Hour Division.
What the tool does
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.
Open the companion tool →Cost and free path
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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):
- DOL Wage and Hour Division — 1-866-4-US-WAGE (dol.gov/agencies/whd)
- Your state labor department's wage-claim unit
- 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.
One human next step
Send the waiting-time summary in writing with the effective hourly rate it produces, and file with the DOL Wage and Hour Division at 1-866-4-US-WAGE or your state labor office if the next pay period does not change it.
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