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HMH

Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Nevada

I have heard of companies deducting time in 15 min. increments if employees are late. IE, if an employee is suppose to start at 7:00AM and gets there at 7:09AM they would get paid starting at 7:15AM, if they got there at 7:18AM they would get paid starting at 7:30AM. Is that legal for an employer to do that, and what rules do they have to follow when doing it?
 


cbg

I'm a Northern Girl
An employer is allowed to round time in fifteen (or ten, or five) minute increments as long as they do it even handedly. This would mean rounding to the nearest increment regardless of whether it benefits the employer or the employee. In the examples you give, if an employee comes in at 7:09 the employer could legally round to 7:15, but if they do that, then in the second instance, where the employee came in at 7:18, the employer would have to round to 7:15.

Of course, the employee could avoid the whole problem by not coming in late.
 

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