Timekeeping

Accurately recording time worked is the responsibility of every nonexempt employee. Federal and state laws require Lakeland to keep an accurate record of time worked in order to calculate employee pay and benefits. Time worked is all the time actually spent on the job performing assigned duties.

Nonexempt employees should accurately record the time they begin and end their work, as well as the beginning and ending time of each meal period. They should also record the beginning and ending time of any split shift or departure from work for personal reasons. Overtime work must always be approved before it is performed.

Altering, falsifying, and/or tampering with time records or recording time on another employee's time record may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

Nonexempt employees should report to work no more than 15 minutes prior to their scheduled starting time and stay no more than 15 minutes after their scheduled stop time, unless the employee has received express prior authorization from their supervisor for the early arrival or delayed departure. Employees are not expected to nor should they perform work during these pre and post work times.

It is the employees' responsibility to sign their time records to certify the accuracy of all time recorded. The supervisor will review and then initial the time record before submitting it for payroll processing. In addition, if corrections or modifications are made to the time record, both the employee and the supervisor must verify the accuracy of the changes by initialing the time record.

Policy No.  401  Issued  10/1/2002  Applicable  8/8/2002