I work for a small business that employs around 100 people. I'd guess that maybe 10 of us are salaried and everyone else is hourly. Up until last year, I was also hourly until my boss who is also the CEO/owner told me that I would be switching to a salaried position, but to keep clocking in as usual. Nothing changed except that my checks were now always the same amount with "0" hours worked instead of 40, 41, whatever.
A couple of weeks ago, I had a small medical emergency that informed them off, and I had to go to the doctor in the afternoon so I left early around 1PM and didn't come back that day. Our HR director emailed me today and told me that salaried employees are expected to work 40 hours and told me that I was only at 36 for that pay period. He ended the email with "What do you want to do about this?"
So I walked over to him and told him why I was missing hours, and asked him what they end of his message meant. I asked if my boss (the owner) was trying to say that he was going to withhold money for missing those hours. The HR director said "yes". I told him that made no sense since I was salaried, and he stuttered and stammered and I told him that I will make sure I'm always hitting my 40 hours (as I have been) but that this seems ridiculous. He said that we were ok and not to worry about it.
So my questions: Is it normal to ask salaried employees to clock in? Is it normal to then threaten to withhold pay if they don't hit 40 hours worked per week? Is it even legal for them to do that? If not, and they threaten to do it again, what should I do?
Edit: For those who asked, I have zero interactions with outside clients. I do project management and excel work all day every day.
Submitted October 09, 2018 at 08:26PM by argent_pixel https://ift.tt/2OL5gcp
