Illegal Timeclock Rounding?
Hello!
I work at a plant that uses a timeclock.
What's strange about this timeclock is that it does not follow the usual 7 minute rounding rule, where if you clock in/out before the 7th minute (ie 7:05) it would round down (7:00) and if you clocked in after (7:10) it would round up (7:15)
Ours instead seems to be dictated on whether youre clocking in or out.
If I clock in at 7:01, I am automatically tracked as clocking in at 7:15
But if I clock out at say 2:59, I am instead noted as having clocked out at 2:45.
This last weekend on a short shift I clocked in at 5:05am and clocked out at 9:05 am
A clear 4 hours but due to our system it will only be 3.75 hours.
Is this legal?
A NOTE: my supervisor is aware of this and has told us that if we clock in past an increment that we won't be paid until the next, so dont work until then. Is just telling us that enough to cover the seemingly illegal nature set up of the system?
Like is the case just: yeah the system isnt fair BUT you were warned so oh well.
Thank you!