A lot of retail stores an restaurants in my area have employees doing work before clock in and after clock out. It’s a common practice in low income areas. My opinion is that stores caught doing this should be closed down and liquidated on the second offense.
>>A lot of retail stores an restaurants in my area have employees doing work before clock in and after clock out. It’s a common practice in low income areas. My opinion is that stores caught doing this should be closed down and liquidated on the second offense.<<
It depends on what the employee is doing during the time he/she is being paid.
My sister worked at a “Manners” (Big Boy in Ohio) as a Carhop in the 70’s. They were given so much time after the place closed to clean everything up. She wasn’t getting home until 3am. My parents had a fit and spoke to the manager. He explained the policy.
My dad drove over one night and watched what was going on. Her shift ended at midnight and they had an hour to clean. What he found was a giant party going on. Instead of telling her, he went back to the manager who agree to let him come into the business at closing. My dad then informed my sister that she would no longer be driving to work.
Funny thing, it then took an hour, under the watchful eye of my dad, to get the work done. With the threat that he would be back at any time, those workers never worked “off the clock” again.