Comments on: Have You Been Working “Off The Clock”?

By: Debi

Debi — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:22:43 +0000

I work for a hotel and they want us to clock out and finish our work, they give us an estimated time and if we work over it they excepect us to clock out and finish. What should I do?

By: gwendolyn bond

gwendolyn bond — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:56:08 +0000

i am a security officer. several times i have been disarmed after the time i am suppose to get off, which is 7 to 10 mins. after. what should i do?

By: nathan coughran

nathan coughran — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:20:34 +0000

i work for a photography company called sharpshooter imaging, i am working for minimum wage, and my boss continuously expects me to answer my phone on my days off, without compensation for minutes used,after being warned about this on occasion, i recieved a “verbal warning”. I thought only salary employees were required to be on call. recently a guest’s child at our venue tampered with the green screen ultimately causing it to break. After deciding that since it happened on my watch, i was responsible, my assistant manager told me i had to come in and fix the green screen “off the clock” if not i would have to pay the 300 dollars that a new green screen costs. i performed the labor in fear of losing my job, and was not compensated.

By: Joyce

Joyce — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:15:20 +0000

I have a daughter that works at McDonald’s. She is a minor (16) and she was asked to work during her half hour break after her consecutive 5 hour schedule (she was to work a total of 6 hours). I am not happy to know that she felt guilty because they had to send others home because they are currently low on hours. Can they be fined for this?

By: Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:24:12 +0000

I am a contractor working at a large steel factory. I am required to be at the gate to clock in at 600am to catch my company provided transportation to a location on the plant. It is a 15 minute ride to our office and back. Once at the office I am required to clock in again, but not matter what time I clock in at my time on the job does not start until 630AM. From 600A until 630PM I am required to get in uniform, get a safety meeting and then get my orders from the boss, all before 630AM. Also, when I am out working I must work 8.5 hours to get my 8 hours. I am not allowed to leave my work station to take lunch which I seldom get, but am charged.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:30:52 +0000

I am an employee of Hair Cuttery. This is a common practice for this company to make you clock out and continue to work at the end of the night. They make you stay at least 20-30 min later and work off the clock. One person is also expected to follow the salon leader or the assistant to the bank. This is not an option. This is happening at Hair Cutteries all around the US. There are many complaints about the abuse. If you are working then you should be on the clock and be compensated. Many people lose 2 1/2 hrs or more a week due to what Hair Cuttery makes them do. I am so disappointed with company and the treatment of it’s associates……Who wants the Union to get involved? Just a thought.

By: melany

melany — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:22:29 +0000

While working for the State of Florida, I am required to be at my desk at 7:52am in order to be logged on and taking calls at 8am but am not paid for the 8 minutes I spend logging on.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:13:18 +0000

I work in pizza delivery. I am required to come in at my scheduled time. I have no problem with that. However, if the store isn’t busy we are made to sit out in the lobby or in the parking lot or in the back room and wait to clock in. I’ve been made to wait multiple hours more than a few times. We aren’t forced to do any work. However, we are not allowed to leave and go home either. Is this practice legal? Can they force me to stay on the store grounds w/o paying me?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:06:07 +0000

My employer refuses to edit time clock mistakes. If we forget to clock in after lunch then we are “giving up” those hours and we are not paid. also, 1/2 hour is deducted from everyone’s daily shift for a lunch break regardless of if we got to have a break or not. Help Me?

By: nanay11

nanay11 — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:07:59 +0000

I have been working for a company for almost 5 years while getting paid $14.00/hr. Suddenly my employer changed my hourly wage to $10.00/hr. Can the employer suddenly change my wage like this?

By: jetskihap

jetskihap — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:30:34 +0000

ok I have worked at a restruant for 4 years and have never clocked in and have been taken off the floor and not paid for time doing work..which I think is totally wrong.. plus am being charged 3 cents on the dollar for charge tips

By: MP

MP — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:34:19 +0000

I’ve worked for Headstart for the past 2 years and was required every week to do paperwork, inservices when need be, cleaning of my bus and other job related duties, but was not given proper amount of hours to allow me to get paid for all this. Other employees have been doing this for years. When asked about this my boss said I should be doing flexing of my hours to compensate. My schedule does not allow for this. The work had to be done to be up to state and federal requirements.

By: CB

CB — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:45:43 +0000

I’m a massage therapist for a chiropractor. We are paid only for the time during massage yet we are required to be there 15 minutes before the massage starts and are written up if late. We are expected to sit at the front desk and check our own clients in where we could be waiting for up to 45 minutes. They expect us to memorize scripts for marketing, chart soaps, graph our stats, clean the room and tables, wash our sheets, and wait for and care for clients without pay. I can be at work for 12 hours and only be paid for 5 or 6 (The time spent in massage. ) I’m wondering if this is a violation of any kind.

By: MThys

MThys — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:42:19 +0000

Here at the wellness center as personal trainers in my department we are all paid hourly for working our regular scheduled floors hours here at the gym facility. we recieve almost triple the pay though if we are doing a personal training session so our incentives is to get these clients signed up with us. My question has always been if it’s ok or not to stay later or come in early to try and meet up with these “potential” clients to discuss the details of our service in hopes that they will want to purchase sessions and train with us as personal trainers. I do believe this is against the law that any personal trainer stay beyond their clocked in/paid shift time even though in the long run it’s more money in everybody’s pocket… isn’t this considered unpaid wages? I’ve asked the fitness manager about this because it actually appears on the schedule saying the employee has scheduled time to be doing work at the facility, but it’s not considered to be paid time by the company. I don’t really know what to do about it because after questioning this with my boss and other employees that do it my manager says that because it’s not “on the clock time” he’s not responsible for it (which I disagree with) because this could potentially be a lawsuit waiting to happen. Who do I report this to if he’s not going to do anything about it?

By: dan cline

dan cline — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:53:52 +0000

at my job, dominos pizza, if my schedule says 5pm i have to be there at 5 pm. No problem there, but once i get there if they don’t absolutely need me i HAVE to wait to clock in until they deem necessary. I’ve waited up to one and one half hours before. It’s unpaid time that i’m required to be present for or else face punishment but am not paid for. If i’m late i have to run laps around the building on a major highway for every minute i’m late or be written up. This can’t be legal and is definately not ethical. Also i’m not sure if this is allowable but men and women are held to different dress codes as well. Our boss picks and chooses who gets to wear what and how. girls don’t have to tuck in their shirts but men do. ripped clothing is okay for some but not for others. Also many of the employees are required to pick up other employees on their deliveries for free while using employees gas and time.also breaks aren’t given to drivers because they say driving is a break…… ?? really?? i am criticized for using the restroom when we are busy. when ya gta go, ya gta go. managers make me do their job for my pay(below minimum wage). sexual harassment is constant. we are clocked out sometimes without them telling us. overall some of this has got to be illegal. i know its wrong but i don’t know what to do about it. i’ve brought it up but it never goes over well.

By: Sharon Green

Sharon Green — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:13:32 +0000

I work in retail after we clock out we must gt bags checked and wait outside until the alarm sounds sometimes are told to gt carts is this legal also hv minors working at this place they are not fair what to do help

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:27:46 +0000

I was terminated today for failing to work off the clock. My shift ended, report was given to the oncomming nurse. I was out the door. Policy states we are not allowed to punch out later than 7 minutes after our scheduled time. They had 8 compitent persons in the facility, 3 withing 120 feet of the resident needing assistance. I thought, “Am I covered if something goes wrong”? Nope. The nurse for that person was on the way. I was suspended on 1/05/10 and told today I was terminated under “at will employment”

By: Tabitha

Tabitha — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:30:29 +0000

My mother is employed at an individual owned convinant store, she was called the other morning by another employee to come in cause they were sick. When she got there the owner of the store said that the other employee would have to pay my mother out of her pocket. to me this is called working off the clock and is very illegal, please tell me if the owner has the right to do this an if not who is it reported too.

By: BH

BH — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:47:18 +0000

I am a manager trainee for mcdonalds. I was told recently that in order to advance as a manager, I would have to come in before, stay late after, and/or do computer based training on my lunch break on my time. Unpaid. This seems unlawful to me, yet it has been going on for a long time. This seems to be the way that they “train” management. Is this lawful? I would like to know please.

By: Jeff Weber

Jeff Weber — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:03:30 +0000

I worked almost a year as a delivery driver for one of the nations largest pharmacutical companies. I was ‘forced’ to sign a time sheet weekly and was ‘forced’ to show one half hour lunch break daily. Problem: Almost never took that half hour. I complained to my immediate supervisor often but was told that I had to sign the time sheet anyway, which I did in fear of being terminated. (I strongly believe I was eventually terminated for reasons involving male sexual discrimination).
When I was terminated I sent an email to my boss’s immediate supervisor, his boss and HR. complaining that I had been on call 24/7 for 11 months and was never compensated. I immediately was sent a large check as payment for my on call time. That shows me I was treated unfairly in regard to pay as related to lunch hours but because I was forced to sign the time sheets the company says I have no case. I think I should be compensated for that time..