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About Shirley McAllister, CPP, PHR
Expertise
I can answer questions about payroll laws and payroll tax laws and Human Resource laws and agencies. I can answer federal payroll and human resource law questions and most states; I do not have a knowledge of the local taxes for cities and counties within the state. If and when I can I will try and send you the website where you can reference the answer and where you can obtain more information as well as a contact number if needed for that particular agency. Some agencies I have worked with are IRS, Department of Labor (federal and state), Revenue Canada (and provincial governments), Inland Revenue, OSHA (0ccupational Safety and Health Administration); Social Security Administration and National Child Support as well as other agencies in Payroll and Human Resources. Some Laws I am particularly familiar with are FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act), ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act), FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act ) , QDRO's, QMCSO's, and other support orders and garnishments, USERRA (Uniformed Services Employment and Remployment Rights Act,PPA Act (Pension Protection Act of 2006, As well as most other employment type acts. I am also well versed in the Title V Civil Rights Act and the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).

Experience
25 years in Payroll and Human Resources

Organizations
SHRM (Society of Human Resources) APA (American Payroll Association) DOLEA (Department of Labor Employers Association)

Education/Credentials
PHR Certification in Human Resources CPP Certification in Payroll in U.S. Payroll Administrator and Payroll Supervisor certification in Canada

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Employment Law - changing of timecards

Expert: Shirley McAllister, CPP, PHR - 10/29/2009

Question
i work in a union shop i am a member of the shop committee that handles grievances and negotiations.recently we have discovered the machine shop supervisor is altering the time cards to change the incentives by adding in non piecework hours into piecework jobs to take away money from his employees. how much can he if any change the information recorded on the timecards and if there are specific laws that you know of that would govern this situation please let me know ...thanks

Answer
Timecards are legal documents and should not be altered by the supervisor. They should be altered at all unless authorized by the employee. This is part of the Fair Labor Standards Act which can be found at the Department of Labor website.

If this is happening than the Department of Labor needs to know about it. I would talk to the supervisor's supervisor and let him know what is going on and that it is against the law to do what he is doing.

Shirley

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