A Worker’s Hours Were Missing From Payroll. How a Washington Employee Recovered Pay
The firm describes the records used to establish what work was performed and resolve the compensation dispute.
The questionWhat can you do when hours you worked are missing from your paycheck?
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SPOKANE, Wash. — A Spokane retail worker has recovered $23,600 after showing that hours she worked before and after her shifts never reached her paycheck.
Managers adjusted time entries to match scheduled shifts, erasing opening and closing work.
The edits cut roughly five hours from her pay each week for more than a year.
Wyndarrow Law compared the store's alarm system logs and her text messages with the edited time records, then filed a wage claim with the state.
The employer paid $23,600 in back wages, interest and penalties.
The claim covered only the period within the state's limit for wage claims.
Records outside the payroll system, such as alarm codes or messages, can show work that time records leave out.
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