Comments on: Dilemma of the Month: Hourly Employees Working Off the Clock https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/05/dilemma-of-the-month-hourly-employees-working-off-the-clock.html Everything to make HR better Thu, 06 Jul 2017 13:47:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: LTMG https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/05/dilemma-of-the-month-hourly-employees-working-off-the-clock.html#comment-207324 Sat, 07 May 2016 21:09:55 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3902#comment-207324 Termination is the solution for an employee who persistently does not take direction. Progressive discipline per company policy is the start. This employee is exposing the company to very serious legal issues and the costs that go with them.

]]> By: maria rose https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/05/dilemma-of-the-month-hourly-employees-working-off-the-clock.html#comment-207322 Thu, 05 May 2016 23:11:51 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3902#comment-207322 A proper reaction to this situation, would start with a sit-down talk to discuss what makes them feel the necessity to stay working even though they are off the clock. A lot of times, the reason is that employee is expected to do more than physically able, especially in todays reduced staffing because of labor cost. Some efficiency expert decided that staffers should be multi-tasking while on job. Not everyone is capable of everything all the time. If this is a long term employee, offer to review their work and give feedback on what should be considered a priority to be done and what to let go for next shift. If employee is a new employee, offer and schedule retraining, again emphasis on what is priority task versus non priority tasks. Ii would also be advisable to check that scheduling is adequate and not just cost efficient.

]]> By: Slippy https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/05/dilemma-of-the-month-hourly-employees-working-off-the-clock.html#comment-207321 Thu, 05 May 2016 20:23:29 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3902#comment-207321 In reply to FiveWheels.

Well you can think about whatever you like whenever you like since it is your own head and thinking does not take any effort. When you start doing research then the clock comes on and it goes on the timecard.

]]> By: FiveWheels https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/05/dilemma-of-the-month-hourly-employees-working-off-the-clock.html#comment-207319 Thu, 05 May 2016 13:21:58 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3902#comment-207319 I live in a country that doesn’t have the exempt /non exempt distinction, but in my job a lot of the workload involves thinking about things. How could this be policed? Could a time card reflect thinking about a work issue while watching TV?

]]> By: grannybunny https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/05/dilemma-of-the-month-hourly-employees-working-off-the-clock.html#comment-207317 Thu, 05 May 2016 12:47:44 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3902#comment-207317 Another possible scenario is that John feels like he is not able to do an adequate job during his allotted work hours. It might be appropriate to take a serious look at his workload — whether it’s realistically matched to his scheduled hours — and/or whether John needs additional training, or other assistance, to improve his productivity.

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