Very accurate.

Recordkeeping can be a hot issue for small employers who are notorious for operating rather informally and resisting the use of time cards or time sheets. It would be difficult for an employer to defend against an accusation of owed wages if the employee is not required to complete a document listing the actual hours worked. The emphasis in the previous sentence is intentional as some employees enter on the timesheet the same 8:30 am to 5:00 pm schedule for each day regardless of the real hours worked. It’s not uncommon for an employee to begin work early and ‘clock in’ much later because the employer “won’t pay overtime” but the worker feels pressured to get the work done.

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