Dixie_darlins thread prompted me to ask your opinions on this issue.... This is very long, I just want you to know the entire story....
I've been employed at my job for 6 years now. It's a smaller retail chain. Well, we got new computers and a new payroll system last fall. Prior to that, I, along with a few other employees have witnessed the manager of the store AND the assistant managers, when they close out payroll, "mess" with the hours.
By that I mean, we close our doors at 9 most nights, some nights our hours are only untill 8pm, but we never leave at closing. Most often times, we have a few stragling customers that don't get checked out and out the door until 5 or 10 after, then we all have to sort our media and count our drawers, take out the garbage at the perspective counters, etc.... If the drawers don't balance, then it takes even longer.
Then in addition, one sales associate is required by company policy to remain with the closing manager until she is done and ready to leave. So on a typical night, being that I tend to stay and close on the days that I work night, we get out maybe 45 - 50 minutes after locking the doors.
Well, before the upgrade in computers and payroll, the manager would sit down and adjust everyone's hours to show they clocked out at 10 or 15 after instead.
In addition, she (store manager) gets called and questioned from corporate if there is ANY overtime on the payroll. So as a result it is pretty much common knowledge we aren't allowed overtime, except in special circumstances. There have been a few such times for me, I manage the cosmetic bay, and when we are in gift, we (cosmetic people) are supposedly allowed overtime. But my last gift in the fall, my paycheck was fubbed, and lost 2+ hours of overtime. There have been a few such other times, when I questioned her on it, and she was very nice and just told me she would add the missing hours onto the next paycheck. But in doing so, they were only paid to me as regular hours, not overtime hours.
Well, since the new system, I overheard her tell the assis. managers that there was no need to adjust the hours, b/c the computer will do it automatically and just flag anything they needed to check. Well, I received a phone call from a fellow employee on Sunday (my day off). She was very upset. With this new system, we have to sign for our paychecks, and it has the computer generated timecard on the same paper. It shows our punch in and out times. Well, when there is a "A" next to the punch, it means it was done manually at the back computer/or adjusted for some reason. Now sometimes, we forget to punch in or out from lunch or whatnot, so it isn't unreasonable to expect to see an "A" now and then. But my friend, felt her pay has been short the last few checks, looked back at all her punches, and saw EVERY single one of them when she had stayed and closed, was edited to have her out at 9pm, when she knows for a fact she was there until at least 9:30, and sometimes later when she was the one associate to stay with the closing manager.
Now, I'm going into work today, and I"m going to check mine too. I'm sure I'll see mine edited again as well. Now, I tell myself it isn't that severe, but imagine how long it's been going on?? I've also personally witness them adjust other daytime employees to have them out at 5 on the dot, even though they may have spent an extra 15 minutes emptying fitting rooms, or assisting customers.
Now the very simple thing would seem to be to bring it to the store managers attention that I know, and I don't feel it is right. Butttt, myself and my friends feel the same about this, whenever you question her on anything, there are reprocussions. She can make working there very difficult. I'd prefer to stay at that job, b/c it is very flexible with my hours, and my pay isn't too bad. So it isn't just a matter of finding a different job (lol as DH is pushing me to do). I know my work, I do a good job, and I honestly don't hate it. Other people have approached her on other issues, and then they will notice that the next few weeks, they receive less hours, or the silent treatment, either way, it makes the job uncomfortable.
DH tells me this is illegal, and I should talk to the wage and hour division. What do you think? From the research I have done on it, a work is not allowed to adjust an employees payroll in this manner.
I've been employed at my job for 6 years now. It's a smaller retail chain. Well, we got new computers and a new payroll system last fall. Prior to that, I, along with a few other employees have witnessed the manager of the store AND the assistant managers, when they close out payroll, "mess" with the hours.
By that I mean, we close our doors at 9 most nights, some nights our hours are only untill 8pm, but we never leave at closing. Most often times, we have a few stragling customers that don't get checked out and out the door until 5 or 10 after, then we all have to sort our media and count our drawers, take out the garbage at the perspective counters, etc.... If the drawers don't balance, then it takes even longer.
Then in addition, one sales associate is required by company policy to remain with the closing manager until she is done and ready to leave. So on a typical night, being that I tend to stay and close on the days that I work night, we get out maybe 45 - 50 minutes after locking the doors.
Well, before the upgrade in computers and payroll, the manager would sit down and adjust everyone's hours to show they clocked out at 10 or 15 after instead.
In addition, she (store manager) gets called and questioned from corporate if there is ANY overtime on the payroll. So as a result it is pretty much common knowledge we aren't allowed overtime, except in special circumstances. There have been a few such times for me, I manage the cosmetic bay, and when we are in gift, we (cosmetic people) are supposedly allowed overtime. But my last gift in the fall, my paycheck was fubbed, and lost 2+ hours of overtime. There have been a few such other times, when I questioned her on it, and she was very nice and just told me she would add the missing hours onto the next paycheck. But in doing so, they were only paid to me as regular hours, not overtime hours.
Well, since the new system, I overheard her tell the assis. managers that there was no need to adjust the hours, b/c the computer will do it automatically and just flag anything they needed to check. Well, I received a phone call from a fellow employee on Sunday (my day off). She was very upset. With this new system, we have to sign for our paychecks, and it has the computer generated timecard on the same paper. It shows our punch in and out times. Well, when there is a "A" next to the punch, it means it was done manually at the back computer/or adjusted for some reason. Now sometimes, we forget to punch in or out from lunch or whatnot, so it isn't unreasonable to expect to see an "A" now and then. But my friend, felt her pay has been short the last few checks, looked back at all her punches, and saw EVERY single one of them when she had stayed and closed, was edited to have her out at 9pm, when she knows for a fact she was there until at least 9:30, and sometimes later when she was the one associate to stay with the closing manager.
Now, I'm going into work today, and I"m going to check mine too. I'm sure I'll see mine edited again as well. Now, I tell myself it isn't that severe, but imagine how long it's been going on?? I've also personally witness them adjust other daytime employees to have them out at 5 on the dot, even though they may have spent an extra 15 minutes emptying fitting rooms, or assisting customers.
Now the very simple thing would seem to be to bring it to the store managers attention that I know, and I don't feel it is right. Butttt, myself and my friends feel the same about this, whenever you question her on anything, there are reprocussions. She can make working there very difficult. I'd prefer to stay at that job, b/c it is very flexible with my hours, and my pay isn't too bad. So it isn't just a matter of finding a different job (lol as DH is pushing me to do). I know my work, I do a good job, and I honestly don't hate it. Other people have approached her on other issues, and then they will notice that the next few weeks, they receive less hours, or the silent treatment, either way, it makes the job uncomfortable.
DH tells me this is illegal, and I should talk to the wage and hour division. What do you think? From the research I have done on it, a work is not allowed to adjust an employees payroll in this manner.
