passmeby
Jul 2, 2009, 04:31 PM
My husbands pay has been "off" sometimes, it's never been worth the hassle to really get upset over it until today, he was shorted for 2 entire days worth of hours this time. He is going to attempt to correct this, but he has to wait until Monday as it is a 3-day weekend. Now that he has been shorted several times (that we have noticed, anyway) I want him to be protected in the future. The system where he works is completely computerized, he slides a card and holds his index finger to a fingerprint ID thing to acknowledge that he has clocked in and out, so there really shouldn't be any discrepancies... but there is indeed! The only thing I can think for him to do is to carry a notebook and write down the exact times he clocks in and out, but if we did find another discrepancy, would a handwritten record be sufficient proof? Somehow I doubt it. So my question is, how can he protect himself, and can anyone suggest another idea besides, or in addition to, writing down his exact hours every day? The company he works for is global, it's HUGE... so that might make things even harder for him.
Also, he had a minor work injury (happened at work). He had to go to the ER. I thought that Workers Comp allowed him to go to the hospital and be paid for the remainder of that work day. He also had to take time out of a workday, about 2 hrs, to go to a follow-up appointment for this same injury. He was made to clock out of work for the appointment. Again, I thought that since this is a Workers Comp issue, he should NOT have had to clock out, he should've been paid. I might be totally wrong here, but this is how I thought it worked, this is how it has worked in my personal experience when I had a minor injury at work, although my experience was several years ago so perhaps it has changed. To sum it up, my question is-should he have indeed been paid for the time he was in the ER and follow-up appointment?
Also, he had a minor work injury (happened at work). He had to go to the ER. I thought that Workers Comp allowed him to go to the hospital and be paid for the remainder of that work day. He also had to take time out of a workday, about 2 hrs, to go to a follow-up appointment for this same injury. He was made to clock out of work for the appointment. Again, I thought that since this is a Workers Comp issue, he should NOT have had to clock out, he should've been paid. I might be totally wrong here, but this is how I thought it worked, this is how it has worked in my personal experience when I had a minor injury at work, although my experience was several years ago so perhaps it has changed. To sum it up, my question is-should he have indeed been paid for the time he was in the ER and follow-up appointment?