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Payroll error- cut a check or add to next check?

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lyfsayvur

Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California

I have had several incorrect checks because I did not clock in or out properly. The payroll manager now states that he is sick of fixing my errors and cutting me a separate check. He said that from now on if there are payroll errors, they will be added to my next check. Is this legal?
 


Heinz 57

Junior Member
Actually, no this is not legal. A timekeeping error will not circumvent an employer's obligation to pay you in accordance with the law. If a timekeeping error is made, the employer should make an effort to correct the mistake as expeditiously as possible. This is not very well enforced in California, and many employers, chose not to pay employees in accordance with law.
 
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JETX

Senior Member
Actually, no this is not legal. A timekeeping error will not circumvent an employer's obligation to pay you in accordance with the law. If a timekeeping error is made, the employer should make an effort to correct the mistake as expeditiously as possible. This is not very well enforced in California, and many employers, nevertheless, chose not to pay employees in accordance with law.
This is NOT a 'timekeeper' error... this is the EMPLOYEE error ("I did not clock in or out properly").
 

Ozark_Sophist

Senior Member
This is NOT a 'timekeeper' error... this is the EMPLOYEE error ("I did not clock in or out properly").
Still doesn't change the fact you are wrong. Employer's responsibility to pay for work performed.. Employee's responsibility to follow employer's rules for clocking in and out. Employer should warn and then terminate.
 

pattytx

Senior Member
It's also an error on the part of whoever is supposed to be approving the time. No, the law does not provide an exception to allow "puttin it on next check". But realistically, filing a claim with the DLSE could take MONTHS to resolve. OP, clock in and out properly and this is no longer an issue.
 

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