In California, can you dock an hourly employee for being late?

Answer 1

The employee gets paid for the hours they work. You can send them home, but it better be a documented process.

No docking

Answer 2

When a person is working on a hourly rate, they are only paid for the time that they are there.

You should be keeping regular of times and be paying your employees based on that time.

You need a reliable system to document arrivals, breaks and departures (or it encourages employees to fake it for each other).

I would recommend that you talk to the person or the group of people first. Explain what will happen if, from now on, they are late.

Suddenly not paying one person, when others may have been late, may great some tension. With warning, and then action, people learn to believe what you say and are more likely to follow your instructions in the future.

Answer 3

In Maryland, an employee has to be more than 7 minutes late to be docked.

Answer 4

Track the lateness. If the habitual pattern accompanied by contrived excuses are well documented, an employer would be well within their rights to terminate after a sufficient amount of latenesses.

Answer 5

Yes, they can everywhere..You only get paid for the time you are at work. They do not dock you.

Answer 6

I'm not sure but I don't see a problem with it. If anyone thinks there are no consequences for them being late or doing their job correctly, what would give them incentives to do what they are supposed to.

Most people would do what they need, but there is always one lame butt that tries to get away with everything.

Answer 7

Of course you can.

When you are hired you are supposed to show up when your employer wants you not to waltz in whenever you choose to.

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