(A) Accurately recording time worked is the responsibility of every employee. Federal and state laws require the town to keep an accurate record of time worked in order to calculate employee pay and benefits. Time worked is all the time actually spent on the job performing assigned duties.
(B) Employees should accurately record the time they begin and end their work, as well as the beginning and ending time of each meal period. They should also record the beginning and ending time of any split shift or departure from work for personal reasons. Overtime work must always be approved before it is performed.
(C) It is an employees’ responsibility to sign his or her time record to certify the accuracy of all time recorded. The department head will review and then initial the time record before submitting it for payroll processing. If corrections or modifications are made to the time record, both the employee and his or her department head must verify the accuracy of the changes by initialing the time record. The Clerk-Treasurer must sign each time record.
(D) Altering, falsifying, tampering with time records, or recording time on another employee’s time record may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.
(Ord. 2020-26, passed 1-12-21)