It’s come to my attention recently that my manager has taken hours off my time card in oder to keep labor hours down as to not get in trouble from the district manager. I had a suspicion that this was going on earlier so I started documenting my hours just to see. Sure enough she has been. I can access surveillance footage to prove I was working the entire time. I’m not the type of employee to just sit back and start chatting or texting or something like that… every hour I’m on the clock I’m working hard. Which is one reason this upsets me so much.

Anyhow; I’m just wondering what the manager can legally do? I already know that she pulls a lot of unethical stuff i.e. requesting me to show up early to work and start in on different tasks but not allowing me to clock in, not giving me my breaks (she had me work open to close once without a single break) and then on slow days having me come in for only an hour or so or sometimes making me clock off for a 3hr break and then coming back for 20min of work and clocking back off again. I feel they pull a lot of unethical stuff to keep labor hours low but actually going in and removing hours that I worked for the company is over the line in my opinion and I’d just like to know how much of a right does she have to do this and how much of a right do I have if I decide to take legal action?

I live in Washington state if that helps.

Thanks!

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We are a small business under ten employees and have always punched in and out on a time card. Recently the owner is looking into software that clocks one in and out using ones fingerprint. This information is on an unsecure server that has internet access through a DSL line. Is this an infringement of civil liberties and do you have to submit to your finger print being on file with your employer for the purpose of keeping time?

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My Supervisor is on another "power trip", he suddenly decides that employees must be taking their time cards home at the end of the work day, so he has started to "Lock Up" the time cards shortly after the beginning of the shift.

Now, If you do not have your card "with you" it is unavailable for you to clock in and out at lunch time, as well as when you clock out at the end of the day!

Last night I clocked in, but he locked up the time cards after I did so I had no way to clock out for lunch, or clock in upon my return. I also had no way to clock out at the end of the day. I submitted a time keeping written record for these actions, but I fear my supervisor will try to give me discipline for not using my time card.

How do I deal with this "annal retentive" supervisor on his power trip? And what are my options if he tries to deny me my pay for last night’s work?

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I didn’t give enough info for my question so here it is again, in full. I work at a hotel in Ohio where I am on camera 24/7. We had just switch to a new time clock that automatically add up the time from one that had to be done manually. At that time they said if anyone failed to clock in or out that they would not be paid for that day at all. I tried to tell them that they can’t not pay them for their time if it can be proved they were here(proof by reviewing the tape). They said it didn’t matter. The day before, not on purpose, I forgot to clock out. I got wrote up for it. Another employee, around the same time, did the same thing, and was worried sick that they would not get paid. They told me that they did get paid, as I did, but they were not written up for it. Since then, while I have been at work, I have heard several employees tell management that they have forgotten to clock out, and they were told not to worry about it, that they would be paid for their time, with me no more
then 5 feet away. I later asked those employees if they were written up for it, and they said no. Management still has to look at each time card to get the number of hours each employee worked, so management would know if anyone failed to clock in or out, no employee can get away with it and management not know about it. I’m not mad or upset that I was written up for my mistake, but I just want to be treated fairly, the same as everyone else. Sorry for such a long explanation. What can/should I do?

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I am looking for a retina/iris reader that will read an employees eye which will be used as a time card punching system.

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I’m a bit of a newbie at this real life stuff since its my first real job out of college so please bear with me.

I’m currently temping (officially called a contractor) for an engineering company and I get to fill out my own weekly time card. The work is purely white collar, programming and such, and the office is very much like the laid back, tech company you’d expect. I am expected to work 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week like a full time employee.

So my question is, should I include my lunch hour into my paid working hours? I know when I worked retail in high school and through college, I would have to clock in and out for breaks and lunch. But this job is pretty much full time.

Also, I’ve been going home well past the 8 hour work day since I’m new and still learning the ropes around the office. Tasks take me just a bit longer than others to complete. Do I need boss authorization to get paid for this extra time or can I just slap it onto my time card and justify it as training?

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I am looking for a retina/iris reader that will read an employees eye which will be used as a time card punching system.

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I HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT DON’T FILL OUT THEIR TIME CARDS EVERYDAY & THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME TO DO PAYROLL I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO DO SO BEFORE I CAN PROCESS IT. AS AN EMPLOYER, DO I HAVE ANY RECOURSE OF PUNISHMENT TO GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE ON A DAILY BASIS & CONCISELY? WE DON’T USE A TIME CLOCK, JUST WRITE ON A TIME CARD. IF THEY LEAVE TO GO TO THE DR, HALF THE TIME I DON’T KNOW BECAUSE THEY DON’T FILL OUT THE CARD PROPERLY.

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My husband works at a Dillard’s where the time clocks are a joke and often miss the hours worked. The time clock missed one of his punches, so he filled out a time card to fix, and the secretary responsible for it forgot to file it. He was thus clocked in till 10p when he should have been clocked out at 8p. This was not caught till after payroll had written the checks. They then asked him to write them a check for the difference! To me, this sounds completely off the wall and unprofessional. Has anyone else had an experience similar to this? This just feels wrong to me.

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I work for a restaurant that wants us to log our tips in a book since the computer system they use does not allow us to do it when we clock out (like normal restaurants). Tips are a salary like our hourly rates. They are being logged so Payroll can put them on our paychecks to be taxed like any other form of wage. Normally, businesses discourage employees from even discussing their wages with co-workers. By placing the information in this book, every employee can see what I earn each night. Is it legal to require an employee to do this? I’d rather keep track of my wages myself and turn them in every other week like I would a time card.
This is a private sector job which does not have the same criteria as public sector jobs. Since the citizens are not required to pay my salary, it is not considered public knowledge.
This is a private sector job which does not have the same criteria as public sector jobs. Since the citizens are not required to pay my salary, it is not considered public knowledge. Someone can go to my employer’s website and see the pay range, but not MY salary.

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