Clocking in for salary employees? (legal, money, company)

[carlobolo]

I work for a non-profit organization in Northern Arizona and my employer recently has adopted a new electronic time clock. It has a schedule for each salaried person as 8 to 5 even though we work very different schedules (some work 70+ hours a week) and each salaried person is required to sign in and sign out of the time clock once daily. We can clock in 2 minutes after you clock in but need to do this daily. Is this legal under AZ law?

[ichoptops]

I wouldnt see why it wouldnt be. Salaried just means you make X amount of money, the hours are a seperate issue.

I used to have salaried employees that had to punch a clock,,,, it was nothing more than making sure I had people coming to work and were giving me the time I was paying them for.

[redjan1225]

Yes, it is legal for non-hourly or what we call "exempt" personnel.

[wa3pnt]

At Hughes, we had EXEMPT and NON-EXEMPT salaried employees.

The NON-EXEMPT were required to maintain a time card, but in turn were paid overtime for everything over 40 hours.

EXEMPT did not do the time card thing, but usually put in more than 40 hours in a week.

George

[carlobolo]

Does being exempt make any difference? Not sure what the point is if you are not clocking in with your actual hours but I guess that is off the subject. So, salaried exempt employees can be required to clock in and clock out daily?

[rjlowe]

Exempt do not usually get paid any overtime except in very specific instances.

[redjan1225]

Exempt personnel are expected to put in full time hours, often without a schedule set in stone. You may put in 10 hours one day and be able to balance that by working 6 hours the next day. But often, exempt personnel are expected to work hours beyond a full time shift. Also, at my company, exempt persons are usually those of managers and directors that may get called in for emergency situations. This would be done without pay. I am happy to be an hourly employee that is required to clock in and out. I have a set schedule, do not get called after-hours, and am eligible for overtime pay (time and a half).

[ichoptops]

Anyone can be required to clock in and out, all the timeclock is a resource to keep track of time. Could be for billing clients, could be for cost/product annalasys, there are MANY reasons for it being required. If you are putting in the hours and doing your job as required, whats the issue?

[HotRodBetty]

My former employer ,all employee's were required to use the time clock regarless of hourly or salary positions. This was a way to keep track of how many hours it took to run their store. Why worry about whether you have to clock in or out unless you are the typical person whom shows up late or leave early.

[Zonie5]

as a salaried supervisor i did not punch a clock .ever.