Exact answer: use a 7shifts punch export, pay-period export, or employee timesheet report that includes punch in, punch out, breaks, wage totals, location, and role. Avoid totals-only payroll summaries for break timing review.

7shifts documentation describes exporting punches from pay periods in CSV or Excel format, and its employee timesheet report includes punch in, punch out, breaks, hour totals, and wage totals. Those are the audit-useful fields.

Fields to preserve

  • Employee identifier and name: needed to group shifts and correction rows.
  • Pay period, work date, location, and role: needed for restaurant and multi-location review.
  • Punch in and punch out: the basis for shift length and meal timing.
  • Break records: the meal-period source for California timing checks.
  • Wage totals or wage rate: useful for premium estimate and correction CSV review.

7shifts-specific checks

  • Review punches before export: unresolved edits or unapproved punches can create false audit gaps.
  • Do not rely only on payroll-provider files: provider exports can collapse detail into pay codes. Keep the original punch export when possible.
  • Confirm break detail: restaurant setups differ. If breaks are missing or only summarized, note that in the assumptions log.

Using 7shifts data in BreakAuditor

BreakAuditor maps the 7shifts export, tests California meal timing, separates record gaps from detected issues, and returns a client-ready sample report with source-row references and assumptions.

Use the restaurant break audit checklist and the broader California break audit checklist before requesting files from a client.

Official references

7shifts documents both download/export punches and the employee timesheet report.