I'm in Kansas. My employer has recently included in our personnel policy that if we miss clocking in or clocking out we will not be paid for that portion of the day. So: if you clock in after lunch, but forget to clock out when you leave... You don't get paid for the whole afternoon.

We received the personnel manual a few months ago and had to sign that we had received and read the manual. Now he has started enforcing this "policy." He will NOT accept any proof that you were in the office: immediate supervisor's signature, emails sent on Outlook, verification from people you spoke with. Nothing is accepted except the time clock with no exceptions.

Is this policy legal? Can he legally not pay for hours worked, especially if you have documentation showing you were there? So far I've only lost $60 to this "policy," but what about the next time I accidentally miss a clock in or clock out?

Wow! Talk about tough love...

Was he having problems with someone in particular, or with people keeping track of their hours in general? Or is he just a drill sgt?

What he's doing doesn't sound illegal to me. If that's the official method of keeping track of hours worked and it's an official policy, acknowledged by all, I don't know what he'd be violating. It's harsh - no question about that - but probably not illegal.

Someone could always challenge it by suing him...

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Originally Posted by NonProfit

I'm in Kansas. My employer has recently included in our personnel policy that if we miss clocking in or clocking out we will not be paid for that portion of the day. So: if you clock in after lunch, but forget to clock out when you leave... You don't get paid for the whole afternoon.

We received the personnel manual a few months ago and had to sign that we had received and read the manual. Now he has started enforcing this "policy." He will NOT accept any proof that you were in the office: immediate supervisor's signature, emails sent on Outlook, verification from people you spoke with. Nothing is accepted except the time clock with no exceptions.

Is this policy legal? Can he legally not pay for hours worked, especially if you have documentation showing you were there? So far I've only lost $60 to this "policy," but what about the next time I accidently miss a clock in or clock out?

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He was having problems with primarily one employee. But she continues to do as she wishes, and though she's not getting paid when it occurs, no other ramifications are happening to her. The rest of us just try to follow the rules keep getting new Policies piled on. And now it's to the point we are not being paid for time worked!