Sometimes an employee will be required to perform certain setup tasks before clocking in or will be required to be at work by a certain time and then have to wait to be assigned the first job before clocking in. Other times, employees are told that they are not allowed to have overtime on their time cards, but they are required to get the job done before leaving for the day, even if it means working after clocking out. In these types of cases, the employer is breaking the law and the employee is entitled to be paid at the appropriate rate for those additional hours.
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