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  • 12-26-2014, 09:15 PM
    Thomas Meyer
    Re: My Paychecks Are Missing Money and My Hours Worked Aren't Accurate
    I apologize for the lack of clarity, I clock in and out here and my hours are all recorded electronically. The time in which I clock out is what is recorded in the systems and that is what is supposed to be paid. The problem is that in the reports my clock in and clock out times were adjusted by another manager shortening my time worked when I was not in. this had gone unnoticed for over a year until I checked the report for other reasons unrelated to my hours. they were not making corrections they were literally taking hours from me. it stopped when those managers were let go. Now with our current new management it is no longer happening. When I clock in and then I the hours are reflected on my check. the pay rate may not always be right and when I work at other locations those hours are the ones I seem to have to wait 6 weeks to see.
  • 12-27-2014, 08:34 AM
    DAWW
    Re: My Paychecks Are Missing Money and My Hours Worked Aren't Accurate
    Not paying hours worked at all is legally a big deal. Paying unusual/unpredictable hours late or correct rates late when rates are not predictable are generally not legally a big deal. I am hearing that the situation is not predictable, that someone needs to tell payroll that non-standard hours/rates are occurring, and this is not happening in a timely manner. Correct?

    Until 1960s or early 1970s paychecks were often wrong (at first) simply because the technology was not good enough to get it right in real time. Employers routinely paid employees standard hours and standard rates, basically an estimate, then corrected as needed into the next pay period. What is called the "current" method. State law originally allowed for this, and mostly has not been changed. Now lagging the changes more then one payroll tends to be frowned upon but different states handle this differently, and with most states lagging the corrections more then one payroll is not a big deal legally. Federal law requires "timely" payments, but leaves the definition of timely to the states. Plus federal law cares about minimum wage, overtime and very little else. The feds literally do not (normally) care at all about base pay in excess of MW.
  • 12-27-2014, 06:14 PM
    geek
    Re: My Paychecks Are Missing Money and My Hours Worked Aren't Accurate
    I work a flex tour job for the federal gov't and this happens to me a great deal because my schedule is anything but a "normal" one. I keep a copy of all submitted time sheets. You might ask, why, when they already have that info? You'd be surprised what happens between the time you fill out the time sheet and the time it is processed by payroll. I have had department heads subtract OT hours that I worked, and even remove shore leave days that I earned. On the other end, sloppy transposition errors have cost me. Always the error is in their favor, surprise surprise.

    So in future, keep copies of every time sheet you fill out and expect to have to submit again and again. Almost all employers have payroll problems. Many employers outsource the payroll functions making things even more fun to straighten out.

    Edit: I see you clock in/out electronically. Still, the above applies. Keep a notebook and record your daily hours and tasks. Recording the tasks you do each day will help justify the hours, especially if we are talking OT or premium pay.
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