Our HR Lady Deducting Late Comings With Overtime Payments

Dear All,
Deduction of late mark as it penalization.. which company has reserved rights as like appraised by good work in term of ethically.
Secondly, they can deduction the same amount from salary not from Over time, subject to same information should be intimated to employees & employees should also agree with the same before deduction.

Dear All,

Accepted the fact that it is not only appropriate on ethics as well as illegal to deduct Late Coming from Over Time.

Here, two points needs to be clarified.

1. As per the payment of wages act 1936, company reserves the right for the deduction in case an absent is marked for the employees being absent. I firmly have the belief that there might be so called leniency for some duration for late coming on certain occasions as per HR Policy. The Question then is that why the employee is not informed of such policies? If he is informed then why he is not taking precautions.If the example mentioned is true then 6 Days Late Coming is not acceptable.

2. Is the employee even after coming late completing his total working hour for that day? If it is true then the deduction should not be there. He has already completed his quota of work. As such again the conflicting policy of 48 hrs. of work in a week gets applied. 10 hr a day or 7 hr a day. Total should not exceed 48 hrs.

Final verdict is that this all depends again on the policies of the organization. Where it is incorrect to deduct late coming from over time wages, it is also not ethical to take leverage and come late more frequently.

Regards,

Dr. Urjit Kavi

As per laws no such kind of deduction is permissible, but sit in place of that HR Executive, HR Deptt plans the manpower required in the company well in time and place,,if any employee comes late in the factory there is loss of man power and production level as well. Loss of any kind to company falls under deduction. As a principle of natural justice, if any employee remain absent from his duties without any intimation it proves that the employee is not bothering the rules and regulations framed under company standing orders and in this situation deduction of time is fair as per my views.

Dear, You may have to first check what is mentioned in the HR Manual of the Company. Late coming deduction is every where but adjusting that in OT is new for us.
Kindly check your Manual first pertaining to Time Keeping Rules.
Thanks