Can an employee demand overtime pay for hours that she never put on her timecard?

I have a disgruntled employee who states that she wants overtime pay for all of the lunches she stayed to help out. I am not aware of these hours and she never recorded them on her time card. This is in the state of az Asked by SWFpdx 50 months ago Similar questions: employee demand overtime pay hours put timecard Business > Jobs.

Similar questions: employee demand overtime pay hours put timecard.

I've seen this situation before in New York First of all, be honest with yourself. DID you really not know the woman was working through her lunches? Was there NEVER a time you saw her work during lunch?

If the answer is that you DID see her work through lunch then it was up to YOU to challenge her about it. It was up to YOU to ask her why she didn't go to lunch and if you needed her to stay you make sure her time sheet reflects this and she's paid. If you did NOT need her to stay you tell her to go to lunch and make sure she goes.

Having said that, if you really did not know she was working through lunch, if you did not NEED her to work through lunch, then you tell her an employee can not take it upon herself to work overtime and expect to be paid. Overtime has to be sanctioned by the Supervisor. Your Employee Manual will back you up in the section on "Overtime".

I'm sure that somewhere in that section it talks of how the SUPERVISOR would request that the employee do overtime. Since you did not request that she work through lunch, she can't get overtime. You also tell her that she was expected to get her work done without working through her lunchbreak and if she could not get it done, then why not?

You also need a meeting with your staff. At that meeting you make it clear to all that an employee can not take it upon themselves to work through lunch or work late or come in on a Saturday to work and expect to be paid. It has to be sanctioned beforehand by YOU, the boss.

Make sure this is in the meeting minutes and all employees get a copy. Sources: 25+ years of Management Experience .

After research, I see no law requiring you to pay for undocumented overtime Your employee can choose to sue for the overtime or quit, but unless it is somehow documented, no, you don't have to pay. Sources: My answer .

I do not know Arizona Law, but... I would say she is SOL. If she did not think enough about the work to punch her own time card, she does not deserve the pay. You do that for one, you will have every Tom, Dick and Harry coming to you saying they worked overtime and forgot to punch the time card.

I know where my husband works, the ones who punch a clock are told up front, no punches, no pay. It makes it mandatory that the workers keep up with their stuff. Come on people, this is not school.

This is the real world...real work makes real pay, but you must punch the card. Sources: my opinion LglSec's Recommendations Time Card, Numbered Days/4 Days Overtime, 100/Pack, 3 1/2"x9" (TOP12523) Amazon List Price: $4.98 I work hard for my money Sweatshirt .

2 Of course not! You can't demand overtime pay for time worked without proof of having done it. This user has been banned from Askville.

2 Of course not! You can't demand overtime pay for time worked without proof of having done it.

Of course not! You can't demand overtime pay for time worked without proof of having done it.

The employee wants to show less income to qualify.

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