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I came in ten minutes at Walmart they docked me 4 hrs is that legal in Tennessee
Walked 10 mins late and docked my pay 4 hrs
applies to Tennessee · 0 answers
overtime and docked pay
I work in an assisted living community as a leasing coordinator. I am on salary. am i entitled to overtime and can my pay be docked in i am hospitalized
applies to Florida · 0 answers
Can an employee be docked vacation time if late?
Dear MEL, I am employed by a small- medium sized company (employing approx. 100 people) and they have recently enacted a new late policy. The policy is as follows; If an employee is one minute late th...
applies to New York · 0 answers
I live in Virginia and am listed as an exempt salaried employee by my company. I am required to work certain hours and can have my pay docked if I do not, even if I'm out sick. My concern is that I have an hourly rate on my paycheck. How can I be consider
I live in Virginia and am listed as an exempt salaried employee by my company. I am required to work certain hours and can have my pay docked if I do not, even if I'm out sick. My concern is that I ha...
applies to Virginia · 0 answers
Can I be docked a vacation/ personal day?
I am an exempt employee not eligible for overtime, however the company has a policy that if we are more than 30 minutes late for whatever the reason, even if it is a first occurrence. You will be dock...
applies to New York · 1 answer
Docking a full day's pay from exempt employees
My question is: Can exempt employees be docked a full day's pay? I've taken an employment law class and I understood an exempt employee could not be docked at all or it would erode their salaried stat...
applies to New York · 2 answers
docked hrs
iam a hvac service tech i work for a hvac co. i had to make a return trip to a service call due to a mistake that happened on the job it took me 45mins to make it right the bossman docked me for 2hrs ...
applies to North Carolina · 1 answer
Can a salaried employee be docked vacation time if late?
I am a salaried employee at a hospital. I have been told that if I arrive late now that I will be docked pto time. I am the only one in my departement given this stipulation after being late a few tim...
applies to New York · 1 answer
Salaried Employee docked pay for 1 day off.
I am an exempt salaried employee. My duties include supervisory, administrative and I am also on call 24 hours a day for emergency situations. I work in a Customer Service Help Desk. This year I was i...
applies to Ohio · 2 answers
"overpaid" wages are being taken back without any notice
I used work for my employer for 25 hours a week. I then cut my hours down to 10 hours a week due to other obligations. They pay two weeks in advance, so if you didnt work the scheduled hours, the next...
applies to Pennsylvania · 1 answer
Overtime vs Docked pay for a non-exempt Salaried Employee
I'm on salary, but my boss says that any overtime worked is "voluntary" and we need pre-approval before earning overtime pay (although its never been approved in the 2 years I've been here). She said ...
applies to Texas · 2 answers
I receive a salary weekly, I called in sick 2 days of last week, Fri & Sat, when I received my paycheck, I was docked for the entire week. I had worked 32 hours that week. I also receive a 1099
I receive a weekly salary, I called in sick 2 days of last week, Fri & Sat, when I received my paycheck, I was docked for the entire week. I had worked 32 hours that week. I also receive a 1099. In ad...
applies to Florida · 0 answers
Is it fair to dock work hours after filing a grievance against a manager?
My daughter, a recent college grad has worked for a well known sandwich shop for nearly 2 years. A recent new manager was very rude to her. She filed a grievance with HR corporate. Now the manager has...
applies to Georgia · 0 answers
Salary employee but treated as an hourly employee
I worked for this firm for three years. When I started working I was paid by the hour then in February 2000 I received a raise and I was told I will be a salary employee and I will not be paid overtim...
applies to New York · 1 answer
Docked hours for a salaried or exempt employee
I am a salaried "exempt" employee. We do not get paid for over-time and most recently had management changes who have instructed us that working from home has to be approved, this happens on a case by...
applies to New York · 2 answers
Can a salaried employee be docked holiday pay?
I am a salaried employee. Our handbook states the employee must work the day before and the day after the holiday in order to receive holiday pay. I was out sick the day after a holiday. I have PTO ti...
applies to Ohio · 1 answer
Can exempt employee's pay be docked when vacation leave bank is exhausted?
Exempt employee went on vacation but does not have enough hours in accrued vacation leave bank to cover the # of days off. Can the employee's pay be docked for those days not covered by accrued vacati...
applies to Mississippi · 0 answers
Can I be docked for scheduled days off?
HELP! I work at a private school in Richmond, VA. My position is the Executive Assistant. I'm salaried and I receive no overtime pay. Since I work at a school, we have scheduled days off on the school...
applies to Virginia · 1 answer
Pay Docking
My daughter was docked an hour's pay for being five minutes late. Is this legal in Ohio?
applies to Ohio · 1 answer
docking pay for late clock in
Dear MEL, I have two questions. I am employed by a small company (employing approximately 30 people) and they have recently enacted a new late policy. The policy is as follows; If an employee is one m...
applies to Ohio · 1 answer
Can An Employer Legally Dock A Salaried Employee's Vacation Time For Being Late? If we are 1 minute late at my job, we are docked for 15 minutes of paid time off. I work in NC.
Can An Employer Legally Dock A Salaried Employee's Vacation Time For Being Late? If we are 1 minute late at my job, we are docked for 15 minutes of paid time off. I am a salaried employee.
applies to North Carolina · 0 answers
Docked pay due to use of FMLA
I am on approved intermittent FMLA due to my son's disability. Both my supervisor and HR director dislike FMLA and have made working very difficult. Since I am salaried and also exempt from receiving ...
applies to Illinois · 2 answers
hourly or contract employment
We are required to be in the office from 8-9am and 4-5pm Mon-Fri and for sales meeting from 1-3:30pm Mondays. If we are late, or miss more than 2 hrs in a day, we are docked percentages of our commiss...
applies to Texas · 1 answer
Can an employer legally dock a salaried employee's vacation time for being late?
If we are 1 minute late at my job, we are docked for 15 minutes of paid time off.
applies to South Carolina · 0 answers
can you deduct pay from an exempt employee?
I'm a new exempt employee and not yet eligible for paid time off. I left work early and was docked 4 hours pay for it. Is this legal?
applies to Ohio · 0 answers
Is it legal to dock an employees time when they have workmens comp.??
My husband was hurt at work and had to leave work for a doctors appt. and then returned with doctors note. The HR lady said his hours will be docked for any missed time due to the accident.
applies to South Carolina · 0 answers
How is my time calculated? Am I entitled to know?
I am a nonexempt employee on a time clock system. Is my employer under any obligation to advise me how my hours are calculated (i.e. how minutes are rounded, when pay is docked, overtime earned, etc.)...
applies to Pennsylvania · 1 answer
If I'm exempt and I work 40 hours in four days and take off one day, can my employer charge me a personal day for the one day missed
Can I be docked 8 hours if I worked 40 hours in four days and bang out on the fifth?
applies to New York · 1 answer
hired @ salary, paid hourly
i was hired at a salary position, then was told after 6 months that the policy is changing, we are still 'salary' but if we miss time we are docked that time from our 'salary' pay. We are not alowed t...
applies to Ohio · 1 answer
Why am I hourly and not salary like the other AP person in my department?
I have been at my company for about 12 years and have always been a salary employee. I have the same responsibilities as the other A/P person in my department. I have recently changed by hours (start ...
applies to New York · 1 answer
I have two questions; the first is. The company that I'm working for promised one week of vacation and when I asked if I could take it they said we don't have vacation here? I'm a salaried employee but I'm docked a day of pay if I don't show up to work an
I was hired with promised vacation only two recently find out that I don't have any. They are now saying that they don't offer vacation (California)?
applies to California · 0 answers
If you get paid a recoverable draw can you legally be docked for days you missed over your allotted days?
I’ve been working as an outside sales representative for a privately owned company for over 14 years. I get 20 days off, but I’m only paid with a recoverable draw. If I go over that 20 days can th...
applies to Mississippi · 0 answers
Do I have a case?
I worked for a company in Staten Island from 2002-2005 and was treated unfairly. The employer, knowingly, treated me as an independent contractor from the start to avoid in paying necessary taxes and ...
applies to New York · 1 answer
I have a health insurance deduction question?
My wife recently retired from her job. We no longer have healthcare from her employer. I requested healthcare from my employer. He told me I could come on to the company's plan, which was suppose to b...
applies to Wisconsin · 0 answers
Paid time off AND an absence?!
I understand that employers are authorized to force employees to use paid time off to cover unscheduled absences. Something else my employer does though is still count this absence against our absence...
applies to Tennessee · 0 answers
Can my salary be docked?
I started to work for small company in January 2010 as a temp. I was hired in May 2010 as a permanent employee. At the time I was told that I would be salary exempt and if I worked overtime I would no...
applies to Pennsylvania · 1 answer
Docked for hours though salaried?
I am a salaried CIO. I get an hour here and there taken off my check because I quote "could not be found so assumed I was out sick" (which I was not and certainly could have been found) or I said I wa...
applies to California · 1 answer
Salary questions
My employer pays us two weeks in arrears. Currently we are behind by one paycheck. Although we are in the computer field, and called "salaried", we must keep time records. In certain circumstances, we...
applies to Illinois · 1 answer
unfair wage docking
May an employer dock a non-exempt employees wages for simple mistakes. Employer wants to dock wages of $1 an hour for 8 hours for 1st offense . $1 an hour for 3 days for send , and $2 an hour for 1 we...
applies to Texas · 2 answers
can an employer dock your pay for a no call no show in New York?
I told my employer that I couldn't not show up to work two weeks prior to the day I could not show up...on the day in questioning, they kept trying to convince me to come in, but I told them I couldn'...
applies to New York · 1 answer
Can my employer make an unauthorized deduction from my paycheck for being late?
I am four weeks into a new job and was two minutes tardy clocking in on my third day. I just received my second paycheck and my employer docked me 25 cents per hour for the entire pay period for that ...
applies to Wisconsin · 0 answers
Dear Mel: Is it legal for an employer or company to dock an employee a half a day for being 1 minute late?
My wife and I showed up to my work place 10 minutes early, but couldn't get through the gate because someone in front of us lost his identification card and had to get buzzed in by security which took...
applies to Tennessee · 1 answer
Is it legal for my employeer to dock my pay?
I was told on Jan 10, 2012 that I was being docked 30 minutes of pay dated back to Dec 23, 2011 (I am an hourly employee). I was never told of any schedule modifications, but the office manager states...
applies to Ohio · 1 answer
Docked half day's pay for going home early due to MSG poisoning from catered food at work.
I am allergic to MSG and will suffer migraine attacks. The caterers normally accommodate people with allergies and those ingredients are posted by the food. There was no posting of MSG as an ingredien...
applies to California · 1 answer
can how dock me holiday pay for being 8 min late
i am a salaried employee. Our handbook states the employee must work the day before and the day after the holiday in order to receive holiday pay. i was 8 min late the day befor chrismas eve to work a...
applies to Alabama · 0 answers
Federal Contractor, company lost contract, now pay docked for vacation
I am a Federal government contractor. A few months back, my employer, GTS, retroactively changed their leave policy in anticipation of losing the contract (which they did). They changed the policy so ...
applies to Virginia · 0 answers
salaried but paid hourly?
I am a manager at a call center with 5-10 employees underneath me. My employer classifies me as salaried non exempt on my pay stub. I am required to work 40 hours a week, and 2 extra Saturdays each mo...
applies to Ohio · 2 answers
Is it illegal to write in your hours?
I work part time at a Dr's office 6 days a week. Most weekends I stay late as I have a lot of work to finish since I only work part time. I have forgotten to clock out a couple times but remembered th...
applies to California · 1 answer
Reprimanded for discussing pay with fellow employees.
A few months ago I was reprimanded(written up) at my job for discussing pay with fellow employees. I had recently discovered that a new hires starting pay was double the hourly rate of many employees(...
applies to South Carolina · 0 answers
DO I HAVE A LAW SUIT
I have been working at a this law firm for about 1 month as a full-time employee. When I received my pay-check I saw that I was docked for Memorial Day. No where was it stated in the employee manual t...
applies to New York · 1 answer
My employer wants us to send our Testimonial requests to our clients, and dock our pay if we dont meet a quota each month. Is this legal?
My employer wants us to send our Testimonial requests to our clients, and dock our pay if we dont meet a quota each month. We will get a small bonus if we do get the quota, but im concerned we are doc...
applies to California · 0 answers
Change Required Hours per Week for Salary Employees
I have worked for an Ohio company in a salary position for the past five years. I do not have an employment contract with this employer. I was recently informed that the hours I was required to work d...
applies to Ohio · 1 answer
FMLA and overtime
I have a chronic medical condition and have been approved for intermittent FMLA. Last I utilized three days of FMLA; my employer was shorthanded for the weekend and I agree to work two shifts. There w...
applies to South Carolina · 0 answers
My employer says I didn't log in after lunch so they docked me three hours pay. They never spoke to me about this after it happened. I didn't know I had done this until I got my paycheck which was short three hours pay at time and a half. Is this legal?
We have to log out and log back in for lunch. One day last week I logged out, but not back in. I did finish working the full day. No one from management brought this error to my attention last week. I...
applies to Ohio · 0 answers
I work in SC as a state employee. I have had my pay docked twice for disciplinary reaons. I don't have a problem with that. My problem is that after they punished me for that we were given bonuses (nonperformance) and they took them too. Is it lawful to p
I receive disciplinary action for falling asleep on duty and a no-call no-show. I accept my wrongdoing and the docking of my paycheck. I was dock one day on the no-call no-show and two days on the fal...
applies to South Carolina · 0 answers
Is my Employer violating FMLA since they haven't responded to my requests for intermittent FMLA?
I am currently on intermittent FMLA leave for a serious health condition; however, my doctor accidentally left part of it off, but included it in an attached form. They added the condition on the empl...
applies to Arizona · 0 answers
FMLA Rules Unclear...
Every few months my employer comes up with new rules re: my intermittent FMLA and I have no clue if the rules are baseless or legit. The latest hidden rule I was told is if I call in and say I'm not f...
applies to North Carolina · 0 answers
Can a company that has federal contracts fire you for your doctor not releasing you back to work
During the winter when the weather dipped to below freezing, I developed bronchitis that was borderline pneumonia. The doctor refused to release me to work due to continued exposure and I had a prior ...
applies to Nevada · 0 answers
demoted, paycut, unemployment, earned vacation time pay
I have several questions. 1)I began working for my employer in 1994 as hourly (punching a clock) plus commissioned sales, I received no pay for sick or personal time. In 1998, I was placed on straight...
applies to New York · 1 answer
Salary vs. Hourly
Two and a half months ago I accepted a position with a company offering me salary vs. hourly. I've been putting in anywhere from 9-11 hours a day, five days a week and was recently told with the upcom...
applies to Illinois · 1 answer
Can salaried employees be docked pay for not signing a write up?
I submitted a letter of complaint to my boss/owner about the improper use of the N-word in the office as well as a complaint that I was singled out and punished for using my cell phone when my child c...
applies to Iowa · 0 answers
Discrimination during pregnany: wages, forced maternity leave.
At the beginning of 2009, my employer cut everyone's wages 20% and management 10%. Managers had to work a full schedule on the 10% cut, while the rest of the staff was permitted to take a day off per ...
applies to New York · 1 answer
Exempt employee being paid hourly. Is this legal?
Hello - I am classified as an exempt employee for a professional services firm, computer related. My employer requires me to turn in time sheets for both payroll and billing purposes. If there is a pr...
applies to Ohio · 1 answer
salary deduction
i know its illegal to deduct an employee's salary paycheck if they are out one day, but is it still illegal if the employee is on a 3 month probabtionary period? If im late, i have to make up the time...
applies to New York · 1 answer
Salary employee isn't getting paid for days the company decides to close the office
I'm a salary paid network administrator for a company in IL. My company requires all employees to use a vacation day if they want to get paid when the company decides to close for a day, for example w...
applies to Illinois · 3 answers
exempt employee: not allowed to make doctor appointments. Is it legal?
I work on salary and commission. Have insurance I pay for. Dr. ordered 4 test. E.D. said you cannot go at the end of the year it is crunch time. It is also when my deductable has been met. Have seriou...
applies to Florida · 1 answer
salaried employees
Is there a law regarding whether or not it is appropriate to have salaried employees punching in and out with a time clock?
applies to Illinois · 1 answer
Docking pay
Im a full time employee and I get paid salary. My employer wants to dock me 1 hour pay for being more than 10 min late and 1 hour pay for being more than 5 min late coming back from a break. He had me...
applies to California · 1 answer
time off for medical appointments
what are my rights to get time off the job for medical / dental appointments during work hours? Thanks so much for your response : ) laurie
applies to California · 1 answer
Write-ups and Withholding Pay (Salaried Employees)
One of our Partners wants to implement the following policy for his client: If avoidable error committed, person is written up. Second time sent home without pay. These are salaried employees, in Flor...
applies to Georgia · 1 answer
Having it both ways....
I am a teacher for a local community college vocational school. I am salaried, and exempt. I rarely work less than 55 hours per week, and some weeks have worked in excess of 70 hours. My employer has ...
applies to Arizona · 1 answer
Last Paycheck/Vacation
I gave my former boss 2wks notice to resign..However, on my last day she not only gave me my last paycheck minus 2 day stating she wld give to to me on the next payperiod, but did not pay me my vacati...
applies to California · 1 answer
unpaid wages
I had been working as a video editor for a leased access television show in New York. The pay was never on time, however I always recieved it at the most ten days late. The rate was 350/week and I wor...
applies to New York · 1 answer