so i work at a prison in florida that requires me to wait in a security line, be searched, and then get my keys that are needed to get into my office and a personal body alarm. i am being told that i have to be at my desk at 8am. security sometimes takes upwards of 20 min and i can only clock in as early as 7:53 am. in order to be at my desk at 8am i would have to give up 20 or so min of my free unpaid time to get through the line to my office. i know there are laws stating that i have to be paid due to it being “suffered to work” but im struggling to find the laws.
im being threatend with a write up because i will not come in prior to my shift and do these things that are absolutely required to be able to get to my office, im also being told my work location is my desk, but if thats the case, why do i have to walk across the compound to drop paperwork off? anyone good at legal shit that can help me out, im getting pissed about this because my boss is a control freak and wants to pull rank -.-