Minimum Pay

Johana 1

We have 2 employees that were asked to come in a saturday for special project. They came in to work but the supervisor was not here to let them in and do the work. Of course the bigger issue is why the supervisor was not here but lets not go there.
I told my payroll person to pay them for 4 hours. The plant manager wants to pay them only 1 hour. I told him that was not right and we will pay them 4 hours. I told him that I know their is a law or rule that address this issue. Something out there states we must pay hourly employees a minimum of 4 hours a day if they are to work 8 hours shift.

lnelson

That is correct. If an ee is scheduled to work and is unable to do so then you are obligated to pay them for 4 hrs. I believe that is a DOL reg.

SMace

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 12-17-03 AT 11:49AM (CST)[/font][br][br]There is not a rule in the FLSA that says anything of the sort as far as I know. FLSA says you pay for time worked and pay overtime as required among other things. Does not say if someone shows up you pay them for four hours. You may have state regulations and I would suggest looking at the AZ DOL website (I'm guessing there is one). Maybe Ritaanz, Leslie or one of the other knowledgeable folks from AZ will jump in and give you some advice regarding state laws.

Some aside advice that you may or may not want. Be sure you know what the laws are before you say a plant manager is wrong and overrule their decision. That can very quickly damage credibilty if in fact you are wrong. and that is one HR's major issues. Responding that I know there is a law or rule out there that says so is not a good response. If these comments anger you or I interpreted your post wrong I'm sorry. I'm just trying to help.

After reading Inelson, if I'm wrong I deserve a keyboard lashing and am waiting for my punishment.

HRsage

I believe this varies by state. I know in CA you must pay for half the shift but no less than 2 hours when it comes to reporting time pay.
So if someone showed for an 8 hour shift but only worked 1 hour (or didn't work at all and sent home), we would still pay for 4 hours.
Again, I think this will vary by state.

Shadowfax

Absent state law or regulation, there is absolutely no federal rule or reg which requires employees to be paid for time not actually worked. Many union collective bargaining agreements contain similar requiremenjts, but not the FLSA.

Don D

Shadowfax is correct. In the absence of a state regulation, a company policy or a collective bargaining agreement, the employee is S.O.L.

cebudragonlady

In the absence of policies , regulations, CBA - if you do not pay, you are going to run into a morale problem if these employees don't get anything for showing up on a normal day off.

Chari