Timekeeping

Hourly employees are responsible for accurately recording the hours they work. The law requires PDQ to keep accurate records of "time worked" in order to correctly calculate employee pay and benefits. "Time worked" means all the time that hourly employees spend performing their assigned work.

If you are a hourly employee, you must accurately record the time you start and stop work, when you start and end any meal periods or split shifts, and when you leave the workplace for personal reasons. Before you work any overtime, you must ALWAYS get advance approval.

Falsifying time records is a serious matter. You may not change time after it is already recorded, enter a false time on purpose, tamper with time records, or record other employees' time for them. If you do any of these actions, you may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination

If you are a hourly employee, you should not start working more than 10 minutes before your scheduled start time. You should also not continue working more than 10 minutes after your schedule end time.

Hourly employees should be ready to begin work once they have clocked in. Any preparations (restroom, putting personal belongings away, etc.) should be completed BEFORE swiping in.

Policy No.  401  Issued  1/1/2008  Applicable  1/1/2008