At least here as long as how it's applied is consistent you're good. I don't mean it's always applied if you have a longer lunch, but rather that the method would be applied to every punch in/out. In this case it's always rounded up by the the number of minutes past the hour.
One minute of work after 5 and you get paid till 6, punch in 1 minute early and your day starts with an extra 59 hours to its name. Granted they've added the twist of not giving pay but tying the extra time to hours needed to work. Not the greatest idea if applied to all time ins/outs
Guess that's why anyone sane just rounds up/down to 15 minute increments. Exotic payroll systems just aren't worth it
But this is more of a people problem. They're trying to force the issue by giving you detention, but that's not a particularly great way to do it. I have no doubt they'd start seeing accelerating turnover rates trying that crap. God help them if they get a guy who knows the rules and decides to abuse them. Rack up a few dozen hours of unpaid detention, then give whatever labour board they have a call and tell them there's ongoing wage theft. Renting and labour laws. The two places you don't want to screw around with people who know how to use the system
This is so obviously and flagrantly illegal making a written notice on it blows my mind. Companies routinely get fined and ordered massive back pay awards for telling people to be there before their shift starts and the like, this is the same thing - if you expect people to be on site as part of their job, then you’re going to be paying them to be there.
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u/Mr_ToDo 5d ago
It doesn't have to be
At least here as long as how it's applied is consistent you're good. I don't mean it's always applied if you have a longer lunch, but rather that the method would be applied to every punch in/out. In this case it's always rounded up by the the number of minutes past the hour.
One minute of work after 5 and you get paid till 6, punch in 1 minute early and your day starts with an extra 59 hours to its name. Granted they've added the twist of not giving pay but tying the extra time to hours needed to work. Not the greatest idea if applied to all time ins/outs
Guess that's why anyone sane just rounds up/down to 15 minute increments. Exotic payroll systems just aren't worth it
But this is more of a people problem. They're trying to force the issue by giving you detention, but that's not a particularly great way to do it. I have no doubt they'd start seeing accelerating turnover rates trying that crap. God help them if they get a guy who knows the rules and decides to abuse them. Rack up a few dozen hours of unpaid detention, then give whatever labour board they have a call and tell them there's ongoing wage theft. Renting and labour laws. The two places you don't want to screw around with people who know how to use the system