Hi all!
I do not think my ex-employer paid me correctly for overtime worked. I had to clock in/out at the beginning of each work day, plus clock in/out for lunch when I was able to get away. Due to the extremely heavy work load, and then the firing of the my immediate superviser, taking a lunch was out of the question on many days in the last two weeks of my employment. (I was employed for only 4 weeks) The office manager knew of this situation and told me on several occasions that overtime was OK as long as it wasn't abused. On days when I could escape it was usually for just the amount of time it took to hit a fast food joint. I did clock in/out for lunch when I took any lunch breaks, even if it was just for 20 minutes to sit in my truck in the parking lot. On my Final Pay Calculation Sheet the total hours worked did not match up with the print-out of my time card that I had just printed out as it was the end of the pay period. I had no idea I was to be let go within the next 5 minutes. I was handed my "final" paycheck and told it had been calculated through the end of that day. Clearly this was not the case.
My question is this: Can an employer change your timecard to take reflect an hour taken for lunch when actual time taken was less than 1 hour or no lunch at all?