Changing my time card

[DRM5977]

What is the name of your state?California

My employeer on seperate occasions changed my time card and refused payment of my hours for the following reasons...

Changed my timecard a week(s) later saying that I was at lunch for longer then I had been marked on the official time card, and did this without notifing me. Or that I left work sooner then had been marked down on the time sheet. Again after a week had gone by, so I had no way of verifying or disputing the time.

Has changed my time card on numerous occasions to read 8 hours If I had worked over 8 hours in a day. To avoid paying me overtime and avoided paying me at all for the over 8 hours a day. I did not even receive my regular pay for this time. Is this legal? I have been told that overtime is not allowed by the company, but my job requires me to stay past 8 hours a day on occasion. Can he deny me my regular wage for that time or can he deny me overtime pay.

This is always done without my notification or consent. He simply changes the time card and sends it to payroll, which is handled by a seperate firm. I have asked all the employees at the company if this has ever happened to them, and no one has had there time card changed except me.

 

[Beth3]

It is not illegal for your employer to change your time card. Your consent is not necessary, nor are they required to notify you.

What is illegal is if your employer is not keeping an accurate record of the hours you work if you are a non-exempt (hourly paid) employee. Same goes if they fail you to pay you for all the time you actually work and time and a-half for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours/week.

I suggest you start keeping your own record of your daily work schedule and if this problem continues, you may contact your State's Department of Labor and file a complaint. I