Payment of wages
hrbirdie
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I work in the state of Indiana. My employer pays employees on a weekly basis, every Friday. If an employee reports hours worked for a week and the employer forgets to pay the employee, are we legally allowed to delay payment of wages until the following payweek?
Thanks.
hrbirdie
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hrbirdie
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If the employee makes a mistake...forgets to punch in and out appropriately, etc., I would say in most states, you would be safe to put the additional funds on the next scheduled paycheck. Again, you may want to check your state wage and hour on this.
See IN 22-2-5-1 (you can access it behind the password if you're a subscriber.
So if your system is to pay on Friday for work performed the prior week, I'd say you can't delay.
If your system is to pay on Friday for work performed this week, you probably can delay, under this statute.
The thing that troubles me most about this set of facts is the assertion that the employer "forgot" to pay the employee. Yikes! If that's really the case, I'd cut an immediate check regardless of what the law requires.
Brad Forrister
Director of Publishing
M. Lee Smith Publishers
The second problem I see is your system whereby an employee's time is not turned in and accounting or payroll has no check/control to send up a red flag.
In the grand scheme of (government) things, this issue is not even a blip on the radar. No DOL audit will result nor would this be a major concern during any audit. The company made a mistake and corrected it. Untimely, maybe. No big deal.....except for this CFO who judges everybody's need for funds by his own pocketbook.
Thank you for bringing a huge smile to my face!!!
>would hug you!!!!! You have our CFO pegged and
>you don't even know him! AMEN, AMEN AND
>AMEN!!!!!
>Thank you for bringing a huge smile to my
>face!!!
Thanks for that. I will expect the kind folks at HR HERO, who maintain our 'permanent records' and keep tabs on whiners and complaints, to make note of this compliment that I got.