Do employers have to provide accurate timesheets?
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Do employers have to provide accurate timesheets?
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Asked on July 5, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Arkansas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
Yes, the law (e.g. the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA) requires employers to track employee time accurately and to pay hourly employees for all time worked (including overtime when more than 40 hours are worked in a week).
A good idea is to, for a few pay periods, track your time yourself: for each day, make a note of when you clock in and clock out. Calculate what your gross (pre-tax or -deduction) pay should be, by multiplying your hourly rate by the hours you worked that week. Compare that to what you are being paid. If you are being paid the correct amount, it's a big issue--you can contact the department of labor to complain if you want, but at least you are being paid what you should be. But if they are doing this so they can short you pay by not counting all your hours, then you want to file a wage-and-hour complaint (or sue the employer) for the money they should have paid you but did not.
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