Home Depot Changes Way It Pays Staff, Will Count Exact Time Worked

Home improvement giant Home Depot is changing the way it counts the hours worked by its employees, the New York Post reported.

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Previously, the company rounded up or down workers' total shift times to the nearest 15 minutes. That “has been a common industry practice for many years,” a spokesperson said, according to the Post.

But as of Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, pay was figured out down to the exact minute that the worker punched in and out, Sky Palma also reported for Raw Story.

The Post pointed out that the practice of "rounding" is permitted in the Fair Labor Standards Act. It must be “used in such a manner that it will not result, over a period of time, in failure to compensate the employees properly for all the time they have actually worked,” it says.

Business Insider reported that some workers have sued over compensation in regard to Home Depot’s rounding practices, claiming they had deprived them of pay.

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