Findings

A finding is a discrepancy between an employee's payroll data and an approved rule. Each validation job produces zero or more findings.

Finding structure

Every finding includes:

Field	Description	Example
Employee ref	Hashed employee identifier	a7f3b2...
Date / period	The pay period or shift date	2025-01-15
Rule	The approved rule that was violated	Overtime daily threshold (7.5h)
Source clause	Link to the agreement clause text	§ 12.3, p. 47
Expected	What the rule says should happen	1.5× rate for hours beyond 7.5
Actual	What the data shows	No premium applied for 9h shift
Delta	Estimated financial impact	$26.25
Severity	Classification of the discrepancy	Error

Severity levels

Level	Meaning	Action
Error	Clear violation — the data contradicts the rule	Review and remediate
Warning	Possible violation — data is ambiguous or borderline	Investigate
Review needed	The engine cannot determine compliance — insufficient data	Provide additional data or manual review

Reading the findings list

Navigate to Validation → select a completed job → Findings.

The findings list is sortable and filterable by:

• Employee: see all findings for a specific employee
• Rule: see all employees affected by a specific rule
• Rule family: see all overtime findings, all shift premium findings, etc.
• Severity: filter to errors only, or include warnings
• Financial impact: sort by estimated cost to prioritise remediation

Grouping

Findings can be grouped by:

• By employee — useful for individual remediation (e.g., back pay calculation)
• By rule — useful for identifying systematic misconfigurations
• By pay period — useful for time-bound analysis

Understanding the financial impact

The delta field shows the estimated financial impact of each finding:

Finding: Employee a7f3b2, 2025-01-15
Rule:    Overtime daily threshold (7.5h)
Hours:   9.0 hours worked
Gap:     1.5 hours × $35.00 × 0.5 (overtime premium) = $26.25

WARNING

Financial impact estimates are approximations based on the data provided. Actual remediation amounts may differ based on factors not captured in the dataset (e.g., retroactive rate changes, averaging agreements, or statutory holiday interactions). Always verify with qualified payroll professionals.

Aggregate statistics

The findings summary shows:

Metric	Description
Total findings	Number of discrepancies found
Affected employees	Number of unique employees with findings
Affected rules	Number of rules with at least one finding
Total estimated impact	Sum of all financial deltas
By severity	Breakdown of errors, warnings, and review-needed

Actions on findings

Action	Description
Acknowledge	Mark as reviewed — finding remains visible
Dismiss	Mark as not applicable (with reason)
Export	Include in a report
Add note	Attach a note for your team or auditor

All actions are logged in the audit trail.

Finding lifecycle

[Detected] → [Reviewed] → [Acknowledged / Dismissed]
                 ↓
           [Remediated] → [Re-validated] → [Resolved]

After making payroll corrections, re-run the validation job to verify that findings are resolved. The system tracks the resolution status across runs.