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Catek
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South Carolina is the state
My employer is a Fortune 500 company and you would think they would have their act together but for the past 3 years they have had a timeclock in place (we log in and out on our PC's) that appears to be shorting us overtime. When I questioned it, they stated that if you clock in or out before or after your designated times the thing will not calculate overtime until you have stayed for 1/2 hour or more over! THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE AUGUST OF 2001, over 3 years!
I am an hourly employee and my position was recently affected by the new OT laws, but my question goes back for years...
For example, my shift starts at 8 am and ends at 5 pm (the thing automatically deducts 1 hour for lunch). If I clock in at 7:45 am because my boss wants me to be early for a meeting, I don't get 15 minutes of OT. If I stay later than 5 pm to finish up a paper or project and say clock out at 5:25, I don't get 25 minutes of OT.
I hate to start a stink about this but I went back and looked at my time cards and it appears that there is a good amount of OT accumlated. I tend to come in a bit early and leave when I finish stuff up. I have never been one of those people who clock in precisely at 8 and out at 5 pm.
I anonymously called the Department of Labor and they said that it sounded like I was owed OT, but I would need to file a complaint and then they would launch an investigation.
1.) Does it appear I have a case?
2.) If I do launch an investigation, can my employer come back on me? (i.e., fire me, etc.)?
I could use the money.
My employer is a Fortune 500 company and you would think they would have their act together but for the past 3 years they have had a timeclock in place (we log in and out on our PC's) that appears to be shorting us overtime. When I questioned it, they stated that if you clock in or out before or after your designated times the thing will not calculate overtime until you have stayed for 1/2 hour or more over! THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE AUGUST OF 2001, over 3 years!
I am an hourly employee and my position was recently affected by the new OT laws, but my question goes back for years...
For example, my shift starts at 8 am and ends at 5 pm (the thing automatically deducts 1 hour for lunch). If I clock in at 7:45 am because my boss wants me to be early for a meeting, I don't get 15 minutes of OT. If I stay later than 5 pm to finish up a paper or project and say clock out at 5:25, I don't get 25 minutes of OT.
I hate to start a stink about this but I went back and looked at my time cards and it appears that there is a good amount of OT accumlated. I tend to come in a bit early and leave when I finish stuff up. I have never been one of those people who clock in precisely at 8 and out at 5 pm.
I anonymously called the Department of Labor and they said that it sounded like I was owed OT, but I would need to file a complaint and then they would launch an investigation.
1.) Does it appear I have a case?
2.) If I do launch an investigation, can my employer come back on me? (i.e., fire me, etc.)?
I could use the money.