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In my office we work 37.5 hours per week. Hourly employees punch in and out using a handclock system. If the employees are told that they cannot go over 37.5 hours in a week and they do, do we have to pay them for anything over 37.5? The employees do have access to see their hours.

Yes, an employer has to pay employees for every hour they work, under both federal and state minimum wage laws. The employee can be disciplined or terminated for not following company policy, but they must be paid for the hour they work. Even if the employer told an employee not to work, and the employee did so, the employee must be paid.

Whether or not the employees can see the number of hours on their timecard is irrelevant.

If the employees work over 40 hours in a single payroll week, under federal law they must be paid overtime.

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