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# Editorial & Fact-Checking Policy

How StatePayRules.com verifies US labor codes, federal FLSA regulations, and state payroll statutes with 100% data accuracy and zero commercial bias.

Legal Data Analysts & Statutory Researchers

## 1. Our Core Public Mission

Because employment law, wage calculation, and payroll tax compliance fall directly under Google's **YMYL (Your Money Your Life)** domain, accuracy is our absolute requirement. Over **$3 billion in employee back pay** goes unclaimed annually due to complex state and federal rules.

StatePayRules.com provides workers, HR professionals, and legal analysts with free, verified statutory rules engines and authoritative educational guides.

## 2. Primary Statutory Data Sourcing

Our research desk relies exclusively on primary government sources. We do not source wage rates or overtime rules from third-party blogs or unverified aggregators.

- **Federal Statutes:** Title 29 of the United States Code (FLSA § 201 et seq.) and 29 CFR Part 541 (Exemption Regulations).
- **State Departments of Labor:** Official bulletins published by state labor commissions (e.g. CA DIR, NY DOL, TX Workforce Commission).
- **Municipal Salary Transparency Mandates:** Local city/county minimum wage ordinances (e.g. Seattle, NYC, San Francisco).

## 3. 4-Tier Expert Verification Workflow

### Primary Legislative Extraction

Raw statutory thresholds extracted from official government bulletins.

### Algorithmic Math Encoding

Rules encoded into deterministic client-side calculation formulas.

### Expert Review & Sign-Off

Reviewed by Certified Payroll Professionals (CPP) for accuracy.

### Weekly Legislative Audits

Automated tests check for mid-year cost-of-living adjustments.

## 4. Corrections & Statutory Update Protocol

If a state legislature passes emergency wage legislation or updates labor code guidelines, our research team updates affected guides and calculators within 24 hours.

To report a statutory discrepancy, please email [[email protected]](https://statepayrules.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dcb9b8b5a8b3aeb5bdb09cafa8bda8b9acbda5aea9b0b9aff2bfb3b1) with the relevant state statute or DOL citation.

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