At my current job, most of the employees are part-time workers, and they try to schedule us to under 30 hours for the week. A lot of times we are called in for additional hours which sometimes puts us over 40 hours for the week. However, instead of logging in (via company intranet) they have us fill out "mis-punch" forms for the additional hours. They do this to avoid paying us anything additional to our normal pay if we surpass 40 hours for the work week. Is this legal? This is a huge corporation, although Im not sure if the whole company condones this or if just the store I work in does so. If this is illegal, what actions can I take or who, outside of the company, should I speak to? Is there anyway to get any pay from the past weeks that I worked over 40 hours?
Thanks, and if your an employment lawyer please let me know when responding.
2007-09-27 14:52:11 · 1 answers · asked by kham83 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
You can contact the department of labor to ask specifically about your situation. However, thanks to our current President, employers are not longer required to pay overtime rates to many workers that a few years ago received OT pay. These are known as exempt employees - exempt fron the overtime pay rates.
2007-09-27 16:31:26 · answer #1 · answered by asktheknowitall 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋