diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index dc5997c..3033e8d 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -1085,6 +1085,25 @@ async def dashboard_summary(
         if r.employee_name:
             staff_set.add(r.employee_name)
 
+    # Component counts: union of status_code match AND minutes field
+    # (handles abnormal override where status_code='abnormal' hides
+    #  the underlying late/early/ot component from by_status)
+    late_count = (
+        sum(v for k, v in by_status.items() if "late" in k)
+        + sum(1 for r in rows if r.late_minutes and r.late_minutes > 0
+              and (r.status_code or "").lower() == "abnormal")
+    )
+    early_count = (
+        sum(v for k, v in by_status.items() if "early" in k)
+        + sum(1 for r in rows if r.early_minutes and r.early_minutes > 0
+              and (r.status_code or "").lower() == "abnormal")
+    )
+    ot_count = (
+        sum(v for k, v in by_status.items() if "ot" in k)
+        + sum(1 for r in rows if r.ot_minutes and r.ot_minutes > 0
+              and (r.status_code or "").lower() == "abnormal")
+    )
+
     return {
         # Backend / dashboard canonical fields
         "total": len(rows),
@@ -1094,11 +1113,14 @@ async def dashboard_summary(
         "by_department": by_department,
         "trend": [],
         # Frontend-expected fields (alias for legacy UI)
+        # Component counts: late + early + ot may exceed total because
+        # a single record can carry multiple status components
+        # (e.g. status_code='late_ot' contributes to both late and ot).
         "total_records": len(rows),
         "normal_count": by_status.get("normal", 0),
-        "late_count": sum(v for k, v in by_status.items() if "late" in k),
-        "early_count": sum(v for k, v in by_status.items() if "early" in k),
-        "ot_count": sum(v for k, v in by_status.items() if "ot" in k),
+        "late_count": late_count,
+        "early_count": early_count,
+        "ot_count": ot_count,
         "missing_count": by_status.get("missing", 0),
         "abnormal_count": by_status.get("abnormal", 0),
         "staff_count": len(staff_set),