(TN) Payroll not accurately reporting hours worked
Location: Tennessee
I am a salaried-exempt manager for a business. We are mandated to work 45 hours per week. We’re also required to clock in and out to show our hours for accountability.
I suffered an injury on the job about 2 months ago and have been going through worker’s comp. For doctor’s visits and other things pertaining to treatment, I am occasionally out of work. I’ve used PTO for some of it, but have recently decided to stop using my accrued PTO so I could save it up.
Since they’ve been adjusting my pay to make up for time lost, I’ve noticed that they are not reporting my hours on payroll accurately. At first I noticed it was capped at just 80 hours, which Google told me makes sense since I’m salary exempt. But on my recent check (since I’ve stopped using PTO) they reported my hours as being 13 hours different than what I’ve actually worked and can verify with my time punches. I saw that to figure out my pay, they took my “hourly rate” and multiplied it by the hours they claimed I worked. If I was paid according to my actual worked hours, I would’ve been paid close to $500 more than what I was actually paid.
Is this legal? Is this normal for salaried positions?
I haven’t experienced this before, but this is also my first salaried job where they require us to track hours by clocking in and out so I might just be overthinking it. It does feel bad though.
Thanks in advance!