Can an employer require salaried staff to report absent time?
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Can an employer require salaried staff to report absent time?
Clearly salaried staff aren’t paid overtime, but can my employer require the salaried staff to document any and all absent time while also not documenting overtime?
Asked on August 4, 2011 Washington
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Yes your employer is within its rights to require this. That is unless there is an employment/union contract or company policy to the contrary. In an "at will" employment relationship (and most are), an employer cannot only hire/fire employees as it deems necessary, it can also increase/decrease salary/hours, promote/demote, and generally impose requirements as it sees fit. In turn, an employee can choose to continue to work for their employer or not. The only exception would be if discrimination played a role in all of this (which based on the facts presented does not appear to be the case).
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