I work for a top 10 US Bank, one that prides itself in being convenient, and environmentally friendly.
Recently we had a (new) manager come in and make up a rule that we are not to edit our time, and only the Store Manager (not even assistant) can edit our time. All of the employees are pissed because it takes several minutes just for the 10 year old computer to boot, and to be able to clock in, and the funny thing is that every time you open up the web clock application it quite literally says “Employees are able to manually adjust their time/punches within the current pay period.”
Regardless every employee has started sending emails everyday to have their time changed to the time it needs to be (say you arrive at 8:30 and clock in at 8:35) She will ignore the emails and not change the time sheet. I have documented every interaction as well as company policies. HR is aware of the issue in two separate cases, and gave a typical non answer as to whether or not she could do this.
I did some research and apparently according to the 9th circuit court of appeals, time spent by employees booting up their computers is compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
My plan is to let them keep breaking the law to build my case, but I am not sure. I don't even know if its worth suing over since I would need to leave or be fired to do so because arbitration agreement..
I know this isn't r/legaladvice but the one time I tried posting there I had a nasty interaction from a moderator.
Any advice legal or not is appreciated.