Re: is this illegal at work regarding pay Originally Posted by MassED 
also - here's a big concern: if you clock in at 7:05am and you KNOW you weren't there at 7am, but your time card reflects 7:00am you punched in (because it was altered by your time person) and a code occurs at 7:01am... that could put you potentially into a situation that you weren't even in...and having some responsibility (say if you're the main RN in a SNF)- so you should get that straightened out... or keep GOOD track of your punch in and out times and when they're adjusted... to CYA.
How you get paid and when you punch in are not the same thing.
KRONOS (or similar time clocks) still logs you in at the exact hour/minute/second that you punch in.
So there is a record of when you actually confirmed your presence.
All major companies break down pay by the quarter hour, otherwise, they would have to pay by the minute, and that is too complex for payroll systems and the US Department of Labor regulations do allow for that practice.
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