The rules that hit your system — overtime thresholds, break mandates, predictability pay, sick leave — across all 52 U.S. jurisdictions. Traced to statute. Re-checked twice a month.
20+ Years in Workforce Management · Global Implementations · Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Distribution
| State | Daily OT | Fair WW | Sick Leave | Min Wage |
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We start where the law hits the schedule: the daily-OT threshold, the meal-break window, the predictability-pay trigger. Rates change. Ordinances get amended. Every value carries its last-verified date and traces to a primary source.
Green states carry four or more active WFM mandates — daily OT, predictability pay, split-shift premiums, and more. Amber: two or three. Gray: federal minimums, little else. Click any state to see its full profile.
Validate your current config against actual rules — before gaps become incidents.
Check break windows, OT thresholds, and predictability-pay triggers before you publish.
Turn compliance rules into concrete product behavior — before a customer has to flag it.
Pressure-test vendor compliance claims against the actual law, state by state.
Configure correctly from day one. Know which rules are mandatory and which are optional.
Stay ahead of state law changes before they reach payroll.
Steve built this reference after 20 years implementing WFM systems across retail, hospitality, and healthcare. If you're evaluating platforms, navigating a new jurisdiction, or translating rules into system config — he's open to a conversation.
Talk to Steve →All 15 dimensions, tracked per state — grouped below by function. Full per-dimension detail lives on each state profile.
State minimum wage (with notable local rates) and tipped cash wage. Includes no-tip-credit states where the full minimum applies regardless of tips.
Weekly OT (federally required everywhere), daily OT for states that require it, and California's double-time rules for long shifts and 7th consecutive days.
Adult break mandates: paid vs. unpaid, shift-length triggers, and violation premiums. Minor-only rules flagged separately.
Direct mandates (CA, DC) and spread-of-hours equivalents (NY) — what triggers them and how they're calculated.
Oregon statewide plus every city ordinance: how far in advance schedules must post, what late-notice changes cost, and clopening rest minimums. Read the guide →
Show-up pay when a scheduled shift gets cut, and the one-day-in-seven rest limits that cap consecutive-day runs.
Statewide mandates: accrual rates, carryover caps, qualifying-use definitions, and which laws are true sick-time laws vs. any-reason paid leave.
Minimum hours required between a closing and an opening shift — and the premium owed if an employee consents to work the short turnaround.
Hour limits by age band, time-of-day restrictions, and school-day vs. non-school-day rules. Scheduling engines must enforce these by age — not just a single flag.
Rate confirmations, effective-date watches, and matrix updates from the twice-monthly verification run.