Is it legal for your boss to make you sign your time card other wise you won't get your check?

Question

I live in South Carolina. Is it legal for your boss to make you sign your time card other wise you won't get your check. Also not pay 30hours of O.t and just pay you for it in straight time?

Answer 1

depends on the type of job. some sales jobs are not required to pay time &1/2 for overtime. signing the time card is like endorsing a check.

Answer 2

The signing of your time card is very legal and prevents somebody else from stealing your hours. The Over Time is different. Go in person to the Department of Labor - Wage and Hour Division and ask to speak to an investigator. Make sure you have all your info straight and copies of all hours worked for the week(s).

Answer 3

Yes it is legal for your boss to make you sign your timecard. By signing it you are telling him that you actually did work those hours. Not paying OT at time and 1/2 is legal if you are an exempt employee according the FLSA rules. If you don't meet the "exempt" rules your employer is required by law to pay OT at time and a 1/2.

Answer 4

On the signature this is pretty standard. It is basically just you verifying that you did indeed work those hours listed.

As for overtime it depends on what type of employee you are the Fair Labor Standards Act sets a work week as 40 hours and any hours worked beyond that are required to be paid as time and a half.

"Classes of workers who are exempt from the regulation include certain types of administrative, professional, and executive employees. To qualify as an administrative, professional, or executive employee and therefore not be entitled to overtime, three tests must be passed based on salary basis, duties, and salary level. The tests vary between administrative, professional, and executive employees based on their different duties and salary levels. There are many other classes of workers who may be exempt including outside salespeople, certain agricultural employees, certain live-in employees, and certain transportation employees. Employees cannot waive their FLSA protections and cannot abridge them by contract.

An employer may not retaliate against an employee for filing a complaint or instituting a proceeding based on the FLSA. An employer that does retaliate would be liable under the Fair Labor Standards Act Section 216(b) for equitable relief including reinstatement, promotion, payment of lost wages, and payment of liquidated damages. Acts of retaliation include terminating employment, disrupting the workplace, threats, acts of physical violence, and constructive discharge."

Answer 5

Yes it's legal for your employer to require you to sign your timecard in order to get paid.

As to the overtime, no, if you worked over 40 hours in a week and your job is covered by overtime laws, then you have to be paid time and a half for that. A week doesn't have to be Sun-Sat, the employer can define the week as any consecutive 168 hours, but they have to stay consistent from week to week with their definition.

Answer 6

sure, i grew to become into as quickly as grew to become into an business organization, i grew to become into sued simply by fact an worker mentioned that he had worked greater hours than I had paid him. it taught me a lesson constantly have the worker sign his/her time card. that way they can't dispute the hours they have worked at a later date..