Can my office manager not pay me a week if I forgot to submit my timesheet?

Question

I work for an office of 24 people as a Project Manager Assistant. We have ben busy the last few weeks and apparently forgot to submitt my timesheet for one week. It turns out, the office manager deliberately excluded it from my paycheck because she was "not having a good day and didn't feel like reminding anyone". I know it is my responsibility to submit my timesheets on time ( since I get paid hourly) but a reminder wouldn't have been bad either. Can she really do that? Other employees were "busted" as well. Funny thing is that when I approached her about this, she was playing solitaire in her computer!!!!! I hope she is happy now!

Answer 1

You are right, it is your responsibility to ensure that your time sheet is correct and on time. Where I would be concerned is if she refused to pay for the period at all.