If I miss a couple of hours of work during a 40 hour work week, do I need to make up the time?
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If I miss a couple of hours of work during a 40 hour work week, do I need to make up the time?
I’m a salaried exempt assistant manager and I’m paid monthly. We were given this information via email Flex time also allows for you and your manager to accommodate abnormalities in a work week by allowing up to 2 hours of use at the beginning, middle or end youre your shift however those hours used are expected to be made up. The general expectation is that each associate works a minimum of 40 hours per week.
Asked on January 4, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, Michigan
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
Yes and no.
No, in the sense that if you are salaried exempt, they can't dock or take away pay for missing hours at work (so long as you don't miss an entire day: if you miss a whole day, you do not get that days' salary unless you used PTO).
Yes, however, in that unless your job is protected by a written employment contract, you are an employee at will, and an employee at will may be terminated (or anything "less than" termination, like suspended, demoted, pay cut, etc.) at any time, for any reason--including missing hours and not making them up. So your employer cannot take salary away from you, but could take other action, up to and including termination, if you miss and do not make up hours.
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