Payroll/Time Sheet Practices
Rockie
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I need some help from some payroll gurus out there!
Is there any regulation that you know of that requires an employee or supervisor to sign off on time sheets for employees? We have electronic time clocks so time is based on punches, etc. Usually, the supervisors only sign off on their people's time sheets, but a manager stated that he thought the employee should sign off on them before the supervisor. This seems like it would be very cumbersome and tiresome to deal with unless it's a requirement. I could not find any type of regulation that requires this. Please help!
Is there any regulation that you know of that requires an employee or supervisor to sign off on time sheets for employees? We have electronic time clocks so time is based on punches, etc. Usually, the supervisors only sign off on their people's time sheets, but a manager stated that he thought the employee should sign off on them before the supervisor. This seems like it would be very cumbersome and tiresome to deal with unless it's a requirement. I could not find any type of regulation that requires this. Please help!
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We make it the responsibility of the supervisors to verify time worked, calculations, reporting PTO etc. It has reduced errors and saved the PR department time. Before we had the supervisors doing those functions, it used to take payroll a full day to go through timesheets (40 employees), including hunting down employees, hunting down leave requests, verifying if PTO taken or not taken.
I also agree it should be the Supervisor's responsibility to verify the time worked. If they don't know when and how long their employees are working, then they are not sufficiently in-touch with the workplace. The supervisor should be your first line of defense against any padded wage claims.
By having both the employee and supervisor sign the time sheet it lets them know they can be, and should be, held accountable for the accuracy of the information.