Employee Handbook: Work Hours and Reporting

Small Business Notes
Employee Handbook
Work Hours and Reporting

Workday
The normal workday is eight (8) hours for hourly workers, with 40 hours being a normal work week. Salaried employees generally work the same hours, but may be required to work more hours as the work dictates. While you are generally expected to work the number of hours stated above, Small Business Notes does not guarantee that you will actually work that many hours in any given day or week (or to be paid for such hours if you do not work that many hours).

Overtime work is only performed when necessary and approved in advance by your supervisor. You are expected to work necessary overtime when requested to do so. Hourly employees will receive time and one-half pay for time worked exceeding 40 hours in any given work week. Full time employees will be paid double time for hours worked on a company holiday, if they are not scheduled to work on that holiday. Part time employees will be paid one and one-half times the regular rate of pay for working on a company holiday. Salaried employees are not entitled to overtime pay. All overtime payments will be made in the pay period following the period the overtime was worked.

Time Clock and Time Cards
Where applicable, Small Business Notes employees must punch in before beginning their work shift and punch out at the end of their shift. All such employees are expected to work their entire shift. Any such employee punching five (5) minutes late will be docked fifteen (15) minutes of pay, or punches out later than the time their scheduled shift ends, without prior authorization, will be paid for the scheduled time only. Any digression from the above requirements could result in disciplinary action.

You are not allowed to punch the time clock of another employee. Should your time card be incorrectly punched, for any reason, your supervisor will note the correct start and/or end time, and initial the correction. All time cards must be approved by your supervisor.

For employees required to complete time cards, the cards must be filled out with all hours worked and turned into your supervisor every other Friday by 9:30 A.M. Vacations days, sick days, holidays, and absences such as jury duty, funeral leave or military training, must be specifically noted on the time cards for days on which they occur. Vacation and holidays should be counted as full work days. All time cards must be approved and signed by your supervisor prior to being sent to personnel.