1. Confirm the source export.
- Identify the system, export date, timezone, and fields supplied.
- Preserve the original file and document any transformations.
- Check whether edits, attestations, schedules, pay data, or policy records sit outside the export.
2. Validate coverage and quality.
- Compare employee and date coverage to the requested scope.
- Inspect missing punches, duplicates, overlapping shifts, and inconsistent identifiers.
- Record assumptions used to reconstruct shifts.
3. Review patterns and source records.
- Start with aggregate timing, frequency, and concentration.
- Open representative and high-frequency findings at the punch level.
- Record confirm, exclude, and unresolved decisions with notes.
4. Package the work.
Export findings, selected evidence, reviewer decisions, methodology, and limitations as a connected review record.
General information only. This resource is not legal advice and does not determine liability, damages, or the legal significance of any punch pattern.