'If you're 1 minute late I'm docking 15 minutes from your time': Boss refuses to pay employee for 15 minutes, surprised when they refuse to work the same amount of time

The act of working is a transactional thing: Spend time doing something for someone else and get paid for that time in return. Spend time, get paid—it's as simple as that. This gets more complicated when you aren't getting paid for the time that you're working. We've already established the relationship between time and pay… So, if you're not getting paid for the time that you're working, whatever on earth are you working for anyway?

Of course, there are circumstances where you're not strictly getting paid for each moment you spend working—take salaried workers, for example, who make up a substantial amount of the workforce—they're getting paid for fulfilling a specific purpose and may spend more time working on a given day or week without extra compensation.

Still, when you're a waged worker or work in a trade, this "spend time, get paid" concept is strictly adhered to, with employers implementing clock-in systems or timesheets in order to track exactly when their workforce is and isn't working—mostly to keep those pesky workers from claiming they're working when they're not.

Some managers then take this too far, demanding that their subordinates be present and ready for work (and thus working) before clocking in, with penalties being promised for those who clock in mere moments too late.

This manager attempted to penalize workers who clocked in late by deducting 15 minutes from their pay; they were then surprised when workers didn't want to work that time. Go figure.

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Posted by Brad Dickson