How the Scaled Comp Analyzer Works
Proprietary wage & hour compliance software, purpose-built for California employers and defense counsel operating under reformed PAGA. The Analyzer rebuilds shift sequences from raw timekeeping data, applies California meal and rest break rules, and produces structured compliance documentation aligned to the reasonable-steps standard and a defensible response to PAGA notices.
Why This Matters Now
The 2024 PAGA reforms changed how compliance evidence functions in California enforcement and litigation. Employers who walk into a notice or audit with structured documentation in hand are positioned differently than those who don’t.
Reasonable Steps Defense
Reformed PAGA limits penalty exposure for employers who can document a good-faith effort to comply. The Analyzer produces the structured record courts and regulators expect to see.
Pre-Litigation Response Pathway
Reformed PAGA opens a structured pathway for employers to respond to alleged violations before they become litigation. The Analyzer surfaces violations, quantifies exposure, and arms counsel with evidence when that window opens.
Built to the Documentation Standard
Reformed PAGA expects formal compliance evidence — not generic reports. The Analyzer’s outputs are built to that standard from the moment they’re generated.
What the Analyzer Does
A deterministic compliance engine that reconstructs the full picture of how time was actually worked, then tests it against California labor law.
Rebuilds Shift Sequences
Reconstructs shifts chronologically — even with out-of-order, overnight, or messy punches from inconsistent timekeeping software.
Detects Data Issues
Flags mis-ordered punches, missing punches, duplicates, and overlaps before they corrupt the analysis. Every issue is logged and surfaced for review.
Applies California Break Rules
Calculates meal & rest break compliance using strict California standards, including 5/6-hour waiver logic, second meal periods, and rest break timing.
Handles Multi-Row Punch Days
Processes complex schedules with shift, meal, rest, and overnight punches in a single workday — the kind of data that breaks generic compliance tools.
Generates Litigation-Ready Datasets
Produces cleaned, normalized timecard data formatted for analysis, expert review, and class-action modeling. Built to hold up under discovery.
Maintains Source Provenance
Every reconstructed shift traces back to the original punch records. Full audit trail for every violation, every datapoint, every calculation.
Who It’s For
The Analyzer is used across the California wage & hour ecosystem — by the people who need defensible compliance evidence on their side of the table.
Employer-Side Compliance Teams
Audit your own timekeeping, identify exposure early, and build a documented record of reasonable steps under reformed PAGA — before a plaintiff’s firm files a notice.
Insurance Carriers
Evaluate wage-and-hour exposure with reconstructed punch data, validate or challenge claims with defensible analysis, and improve reserving and underwriting accuracy.
Litigation Teams
Defense and in-house counsel running active or threatened PAGA and class-action matters. Audit-ready datasets and violation summaries built for response, mediation, and trial.
What You Receive
Every engagement produces a structured deliverable set — not a black-box score. The outputs are designed for direct use by HR, counsel, and experts.
Violation Summary Report
Quantified meal break, rest break, and overtime violations — broken out by location, manager, and time period.
Cleaned Timecard Dataset
Normalized punch records with reconstructed shifts, ready for analysis, expert review, or class modeling.
Risk Identification
High-risk locations and managers ranked by violation density. Where your exposure actually lives.
Reasonable Steps Documentation
Audit-ready record formatted to support a defensible “reasonable steps” position and a credible response to PAGA notices.
Data Quality Log
Every flagged punch issue, missing record, and reconstruction decision — transparent and reviewable.
Dashboards & Tables
Easy-to-read tables and dashboards for internal compliance review and counsel handoff.
Reduce Exposure Before Claims Are Filed
Whether you’re running a proactive audit or responding to a PAGA notice, Scaled Comp delivers the compliance evidence you need.