Boss admits to wage theft when explaining time clocks, costs employee hundreds of dollars: 'It serves no other purpose except to scam workers'

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    DST IN GOL ES OF AMERICA WE TRUST TES OF AMERICA TRUST 20
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    Got my boss to admit to wage theft
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    6:04 ✓ 5G 69% Hey 4:52 p.m. 'm just wondering how the clock in system works. I've notice on my paycheck it is always rounded to 15 minutes. I clocked in at 4:01 today and I'm just wondering if that gets rounded to 4:15 or 4:00? Thanks! Yes it gets rounded up. Okay that makes sense. I've been clocking out when I'm done instead of intervals so I just wondering about that. Ok np So If I clock out at 10:40 does that get rounded up to 10:45 or 10:30? Also is it possible to get a record of my time she
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    6:50 m B 6:22 p.m. I never done that before. I will ask 5G 64% Okay thanks Np. But nothing shady is happening. It works that way everywhere I'm sorry I didn't mean to imply anything shady was happening. I was just wondering if I need to wait for a 15-minute interval to clock out. And I just want to know for next time, that if I clocked in at 4:01 and clocked out at 10:44. Would that mean I lose out on 28 minutes of pay? Yes or it will round down when you punch out Text message ||| Okay thanks
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    I work for a very well-known corporation as a server/bartender. My shift usually starts at 4:00 pm.
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    The time clock rounds my hours to 15-minute intervals. If I clock in at 4:01, I don't start getting paid until 4:15. If I clock in at 3:50 and start working immediately as expected, I don't get paid for those first 10 minutes. I know if I clock out at 10:40 it doesn't round to 10:45. It gets rounded down to 10:30. My general manager confirmed that over text. This means I lose up to 28 minutes in my wages every shift.
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    I know this is wage theft. They did not notify me that they changed the time clocks. When I was first employed, I was paid from when I clocked in to when I clocked out. I wasn't aware that it was rounding down my hours for a few months. I believe that I'm owed a couple of hundreds of dollars in unpaid wages. I'm planning to send these screen shots to the labour board but I'm not very hopeful anything will happen.
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    Ent3rpris3 8 hr. ago In the modern era I'll never understand how rounding is even still a thing with time clocks. At some point in history it might have been a logistics thing, but today it serves no other purpose except to scam workers.
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    kyralfie 7 hr. ago Especially evident in this case with rounding up and down for the benefit of the owner.
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    threeca 5 hr. ago • I worked for years in this system and bad traffic to get in. When I clocked in 3 minutes late I would just sit in the staff room until the quarter hour passed so I could start. I'm not working for no pay you thieving bastards. This is in the UK. I can guarantee it hasn't changed in the 10 years since I left
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    Used-Educator-3127. 10 hr. ago What I had to do in Australia; I spoke to the fair work ombudsman and they said to figure out exactly how much I'm owed and put in a formal written request to have it corrected. If they kick up a fuss then that's when the ombudsman would step in on my behalf
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    Used-Educator-3127. 10 hr. ago Don't expect to get any more shifts after this though!
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    AngryRaptor13 - 9 hr. ago You're probably not the only one they're shorting. Let your coworkers know, at the very least.
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    Lemonloid OP. 8 hr. ago My coworkers are worried about being fired, so they won't even mention it to anyone. I am worried too because there's no available jobs around me. But my employer is stealing my wages, and it's not something I can stand for.
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    Ziztur 7 hr. ago • Why are time clocks even allowed to be programmed this way?
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    Drezhar 4 hr. ago • There's a Medieval saying in Latin in my country: "excusatio non petita, accusatio manifesta", which basically means you'll expose yourself by apologizing for something nobody asked you to apologize for. Who spoke about "something shady happening"? Dude basically told you there's something shady happening.
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    wallstreetwalt 8 hr. ago Happens in US. Not sure if it's legal but I'm guessing the main reason is to short your pay and make it easier for managers to sum your hours and set schedules
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    Ditchbuster 9 hr. ago Def get your timesheet.. id be surprised if they are using any sort of punch in/out system that it would be handled like that. I've seen them round (actually round) to the nearest 15. In your example it would go like. you're expecting, you only may lose if you are near that 7/8 minute line. Just get your timesheet to verify before taking a stink
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    pizat1 4 hr. ago If he said there's nothing shady, there absolutely is and he said it unprompted. Report his skimming

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