Can an employer dock my pay if I come up 1 hour short in a bi-weekly pay period for heath insurance and the company policy is you must work 62.5 hours?

Can an employer dock my pay if I come up 1 hour short in a bi-weekly pay period for heath insurance and the company policy is you must work 62.5 hours?

The only way to avoid the sanction is to use vacation days. Other places Ive worked companies will only charge you more if the employees does not average the number of hours over a period time (i.e. 6 week period).

Asked on August 3, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Ohio

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