title: How do you manage early or late clock-ins? .
abstract: My current practice has historically been very strict with hourly employees. The workday is 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for most employees. They are to clock in and out at exactly those times unless overtime has been approved. (Staff working with late patients are exempt.) My business manager is constantly fighting over clock-ins 15 to 20 minutes early or late, with similar clock-outs. Staff may have a stop to make and would like to make up those 15 minutes. We do grant paid time off in an initial minimum block of 30 minutes to assist with some of this. ... The issue is not overtime, as we're well aware that we have to pay for it when appropriate. It's simply to streamline our policy and make it fair. ... I'm looking for practice policies that deal with employee variances from the 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. clock-ins. For example, someone wants to come in 30 minutes early in order to leave 30 minutes early for an appointment. Or someone comes in 22 minutes late due to traffic and wants either to make it up or to take the minimal half-hour paid-time-off time.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Specialists of Central, Columbia, Maryland, USA. cathy.marlowe@cvspecialist.net
authors.forename: Cathy L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Marlowe
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D013997:Time Factors