Can you legally be written up at work while off the clock?
107089
You may want to check your employee hand book, or talk to a representative in your human resourse department.  But generally if the company has a smoking band in effect for the building and its property, you can be written up for smoking if your cigarette is not put out prior to stepping on company property.  It does not matter if you are on the clock or not, but simpily you are an employee of that company and you are responsible for not only knowing, but also understanding policies and procedures as well as their code of ethics on and off the job.  \nIn your question you mentioned that the employee was reentering the property to talk to a supervisor.  In that employees defence, the supervisor should have mentioned that there is no smoking on company property and asked that person to put out their cigarette.  If this did not happen then the supervisor can not write up an employee with out writting themself up for not giving atleast a warning first.\nAgain this follows company procedures, under the title of disciplinary actions.  Good luck fighting this.  Hope I helped.
1160358
Yes it is legal, as long as the employer is willing to compensate the employee for the work rendered.  However, it should also be noted that a person's productivity level goes down if fully exhausted, i mean, he can work 7 days straight, but did he really work (in the true sense of the word)?  There should be a good monitoring tool to measure the quality of his output.
707259
no, not usually.\ni work at a gov't office and we are not closed.
216372
I can't answer as to the legality of your situation because I don't know what state you live/work in. But in general, this would not be legal unless there were extenuating circumstances. If you are required to clock in/out and have those records available to you, and you can prove your case, I'd file a complaint with the Labor Relations Board in your state, if you have one (which I'm sure you would). In the end, though, you might lose your job, but then you'll have a valid reason for unemployment benefits. If it turns out to be a discrimination case, you might be able to sue and not have to work again... (well, I'm not really being serious about that one).
14206
There is no law that says you get any day off.\n\nNow Government workers might get the day off and certain other unions might negotiate to get the day off, but really its up to the employer.
553523
No. It is not right. It has been a long time since I have looked at the laws and they might have varied a little in that time. But I do know it used to be anything over five hours you had to have a half hour. Anything over seven hours you are entitled to another half hour.\n\nI will look up and see if I can find recent laws. \nFight your boss and if they will not change then take it to the BBB or the county.
391851
there are no laws... but in the employer's policies there might be something about being sent home early.  Like where I work, we do not have to go unless we want to and they can not work us less than 4 hours unless we want to work less.
239508
if you are working in an at-will state, then you can quit with minimal notice.  likewise, your employer can terminate you with minimal notice.\n\nas for whether you have any legal basis to sue based on either (a) your depression or (b) your union support, your best bet would be to talk to an employment lawyer.  unless you have documented, witnessed proof, I'd say you don't have a case.\n\nfinally as to whether or not you have free speech during work hours, you are not paid to talk about whatever you want, you are paid to work.  if you're spending time during work hours (for which you are presumably being paid) to drum up support for a union then he has a right to not pay you.  there's freedom of speech and then there's abuse of an employer.  just because you live in america doesn't mean you don't have to work for a salary.
55832
No call no show, once, it's cool; more than once, write up; another write up, time to go.  \n\nI think that writing her up can probably prevent your company from getting in trouble if she decided to sue for anything.\n\nIf they really wanted to keep their job, then they would not be behaving this way and taking their job for granted.\n\n\nAdded:  Maybe two write ups.  (For the same offense.)
257320
This is a federal law.They cannot fire you if you are out on a FM LA leave.See an employment lawyer or go to a web site on FM LA
127452
Yes, they can wait until next pay period.  Do you keep track of your hours on daily basis?
107684
If it is in the contract (that was negotiated by company and union) yes they can. Also most "right to work" states allow it. There are hardly any states any more that limits how much an employer can make you work. My husband worked 7 days a week 12 hours a day from 1985 through 2003. He works for a major atuo maufacture.
1103491
Probably not a lot that you can do aside from looking for another job.  You could try and plead your case with your supervisor or the HR department but that's about it.\n\nUnless you have a written contract of employment that states that you will be a regular full-time employee by a certain date, your employment is considered "at will" and the terms can be altered at any time the employer (or you) choose to do so.
783550
It's against the law for them to give any type of reference on your actual work habits.  The only thing they can verify is your Start / End dates with the company and your starting / ending salary information.\n\nTry having a friend calling to ask for a reference on you.  Tape the call from another line and contact a lawyer if they give your friend anything other that what is allowed.
352465
Is your employee hourly? If so, then it is illegal to cut hours that she has worked. The employee must be compensated in some way for the hours that she has worked. If the employee does not provide adequate documentation to prove that she has worked those hours, they can choose to reject those hours, so make sure that all of the documentation is in order. Otherwise, if the payroll lady is working for you, you can just fire her and get a new payroll person. If the payroll lady just works for the same company as you do, you should go to her superviser and ask for either an explanation of why this is happening or corrective action.
290519
Was anything ever signed at anytime explaining their rights to do that? If not, then NO! They have no right to get into an employees personal belongings. \n\nIs there an HR department or a higher person this can be taken to? \n\nA few years ago I got very sick at work. My face was very pale, my pupils were dialated and I was sweating, the medics came, thought I had a stroke, it was low blood sugar, but that was not good enough for my supervisor, she went through my desk while I was gone, someone said that she was thinking that I was on drugs. I turned her in and HR said that she HAD NO RIGHT to do that and she got repremanded very much for it. I was taken in and drug tested but everything turned out fine. \n\nThat is personal property and if you did not sign anything saying they can search you at anytime, then it is not their right, they do not have permission to do that. That is why you sign papers. You give them authorization to do this or that. Make the manager show you the paper giving them permission to do that. \n\nThat's odd, hoped it helped
82268
Check with a lawyer for Colorado-specific laws, but no, it should not be legal. Your paycheck is money you earned for things you ALREADY did, since it's issued after every two weeks (or however long, point being, its after the hours you worked). Therefore, they have no right to not pay you for what you already did.