Has anybody heard of the 3 hour pay?

[thecatzmeow!]

What is the name of your state? kentucky

I have an employee who is a part timer. She is on call from week to week and we usually call her daily to let her know if she's needed or not (depending on our work load for the week). I noticed in reviewing her time card that she is putting down 3 hours for her time on certain days when shes not even in the office or days the office is closed. My son said if she is scheduled to come into the office and shows up and then is told to leave the employer is intitled to pay her for 3 hours. She is usually called daily and told not to come in or when she arrives (if we can't reach her) whether to stay or not. Is there such a law?? Please advise

 

[HomeGuru]

No but I heard of the 3 hour tour on Gilligan's Island.

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

My response:

Is this a photo shop?

IAAL

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

My response:

Did it ever dawn on anybody to call the Kentucky Department of Labor to ask this question?

(I can see you slapping your forehead, and saying, "Duh!")

IAAL

 

[cbg]

There are a couple of states in which there is such a thing as "reporting pay" where an employee is guaranteed a minimum of x number of hours pay as long as they report to work. My state is one of them. However, even in my state she would NOT be entitled to be paid if she was notified not to come in at all. She would only need to be paid if she reported for work (without having been told not to come in) and worked less time than she had reason to expect to be paid. For example, if she reported for work expecting to be working two hours and only worked one, she would be entitled to two hours pay. But if she reported to work expecting to work one hour and did only work one hour, she would only be entitled to one hour's pay.

On the other hand, there is another state in which an employee is entitled to four hours pay as long as they report to work, regardless of how long they actually worked.

To the best of my knowledge, Kentucky does not have any "reporting pay" laws. I could be mistaken about that however; KY is one of the (increasingly few) states where I have never had employees. The KY DOL would be able to answer the question of whether such a law exists, and if so, what the parameters are.

 

[Beth3]

I noticed in reviewing her time card that she is putting down 3 hours for her time on certain days when shes not even in the office or days the office is closed. Then you seriously need to consider terminating this employee for time card fraud - which is the same as sticking her hand in the cash drawer and helping herself.

As cbg stated, a very few States have a "report pay" requirement but I also do not think KY is one of them. If not, then non-exempt employees need only be paid for the time they actually work.