Punch In/out

[Blakelie]

is there a law in Michigan, that allows the employer to put into policy and procedures, that you may only punch in 6 minutes prior to your shift and only allows you 6 minutes after your shift, violation of this will result in discipline?

[Whitby]

Ronna,

The FLSA(federal wage and hour law) does allow "rounding" of an employee's starting and stopping times, and the Department of Labor has approved the practice of recording employee starting time and stopping time to the nearest 5 minutes, or to the nearest one-tenth(6 minutes) or quarter of an hour(15 minutes).  

The FLSA and Michigan state labor/wage law requires an employer to pay employees for all hours actually worked - even if you did not properly punch in/out on the time clock.  Note that some of this time(even if worked in violation of policy) may potentially be overtime, depending on whether you work over 40 hours per week.  Your employer can, however, discipline you(write you up, etc) for failing to properly follow policy regarding clock in/out, but may not use this as a reason to not pay you for time that you actually worked, including time and a half for any overtime.  

I hope this information is helpful.  

Michael Lore

The Lore Law Firmhttp://www.overtime-flsa.com/     

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