Manager removing hours!

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I need some advice. I just noticed today that my manager has been editing my clock out times for the past month! She's taken out a couple hours so far this past month but she did this without my knowledge or permission. Is this even legal to do? She has been saying this last month that she is over budget on staffing but this is not sitting well with me, especially since we all don't clock in till 7 even though we get to work early to prepare, and most of us take a shortened lunch/no breaks. We are told by management that we will be written up if we clock in before 7. I confronted her on this but she just turned it around to say that it is the staff's fault.

Any advice? Anyone go through anything similar to this? Should I confront my manager on this, or go straight to HR? Am I making too big a deal over a few hours? (I still feel burned from the last confrontation with her) I'm still pretty much the new guy at this job so I do acknowledge I am not as fast as the other people yet, but still this does not seem right to me.

Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

Previous poster was correct. Alteration of time 'cards' is a violation of Federal wage & hour laws. The only acceptable changes are when there has been an error -- NOT removal of time that you actually worked.

I believe that WalMart recently had to pay like a bazillion $ to settle a lawsuit related to this very issue.

You need to go talk to HR about it. They need to know if a manager is putting the organization at risk for a Federal Wage & Hour lawsuit.

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Gathering you have already confronted the manager and I am ALSO assuming this is not clocking in early but staying late that is being modified, does your facillity have a policy to get all time approved prior? If so, the manager could be under the wrong assumption that means to modify your time. It seems as though that he/she is not willing to discuss it further however from the answer you received, so I would go to HR and discuss it with them. IF your facillity DOES require prior approval I would contact manager/supervisor etc any time you know you need to work OT however.

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i need some advice. i just noticed today that my manager has been editing my clock out times for the past month! she's taken out a couple hours so far this past month but she did this without my knowledge or permission. is this even legal to do? she has been saying this last month that she is over budget on staffing but this is not sitting well with me, especially since we all don't clock in till 7 even though we get to work early to prepare, and most of us take a shortened lunch/no breaks. we are told by management that we will be written up if we clock in before 7. i confronted her on this but she just turned it around to say that it is the staff's fault.

any advice? anyone go through anything similar to this? should i confront my manager on this, or go straight to hr? am i making too big a deal over a few hours? (i still feel burned from the last confrontation with her) i'm still pretty much the new guy at this job so i do acknowledge i am not as fast as the other people yet, but still this does not seem right to me.

what your manager is doing absolutely infuriates me. you had better fight :smiley_ab her tooth and nail and i don't mean maybe. how dare you let her treat you like that? :yldhdbng: get down to hr, put it in writing and keep a copy, go to the ceo, coo, anybody you have to go to to make sure they rectify this instantly. and pay you now, not on your next check. make them cut you a check right now. if you get nowhere, contact the nlrb or dept of labor in your state, get a lawyer to write a letter for you, do whatever it takes to let that thieving manager know that you will not tolerate her stealing your time. you worked it, you earned it, she is breaking the law by stealing it from you. call the police. make them come over and take a report from you. and get back to us here with the happy news that you prevailed and got paid and she apologized and swore to never do it again. :nono: :madface: :flmngmd::flmngmd::flmngmd:

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Gathering you have already confronted the manager and I am ALSO assuming this is not clocking in early but staying late that is being modified, does your facillity have a policy to get all time approved prior? If so, the manager could be under the wrong assumption that means to modify your time. It seems as though that he/she is not willing to discuss it further however from the answer you received, so I would go to HR and discuss it with them. IF your facillity DOES require prior approval I would contact manager/supervisor etc any time you know you need to work OT however.

And listen here, Girl, if it isn't approved, get your coat and leave. Tell your idiot manager you will have to leave and will be leaving stuff undone. Tell her what it is that you will not be finishing. Do enough only to cover yourself. Patient in pain? Too bad (hard, I know, but it's not your fault). If at all possible, get it all in writing and get her signature. Email, maybe? At least, that leaves a record. Keep a log, too, of who you spoke to, what was said, the reply, etc., who you reported off to and the time.

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Specializes in Med Surg, Specialty.

Thanks for the replies; there are a lot of good points you all brought up that I had not thought of before!

Yes, the altered time was time stayed late after shift to finish up charting/giving pain medication/long report in all but one case. The other time altered was a meeting hosted by my manager that ran 10 minutes over.

I don't know of any policy to get time over 12 hrs approved prior, and this timecard altering only started happening in 2009. I was told pretty early that I could not clock in before 7 without risking a write up, but nothing was ever said about staying past.

I'll dig up my employee manual and take a look at the labor laws after I get back from work tomorrow - time for bed.

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Specializes in Med Surg, Specialty.

thanks, you guys put a smile on my face before bed. Its nice to know that I can always come here for support :icon_hug:

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