California Labor Code section 206.5(b) specifically prohibits employers from coercing employees into signing time cards that they know do not reflect the hours worked:

This section states as follows: "... For purposes of this section, [the void and unenforceable] "execution of a release" includes requiring an employee, as a condition of being paid, to execute a statement of the hours he or she worked during a pay period
which the employer knows to be false.

One of the most common examples of this violation is a situation in which the employer wishes to avoid paying overtime to his employees and orders that those employees who work overtime, clock out after 8 hours of work regardless of whether they work way pass the 8-hour day.
 


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Linda Voth

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:26:17

I have been working long hours and weekends for 3 years. The last time I turned in a time sheet I was told I wouldn't get paid unless I changed me times sheet to exclude hours over 8 a days and any time worked on the weekend.
I told them that was illegal, but the rresponse was "you won't get paid unless you change it."

 



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