I acknowledge I have read this directive and understand that I am primarily responsible for the proper completion and timely submission of my timesheet each pay period. I further understand that if I fail to properly complete my timesheet and submit it in a timely manner or if the Department is unable to obtain some other form of written proof that I worked, I will not receive a pay check for the payroll period which is missing the timesheet.
I keep reading and re-reading the above. It’s the end of a memorandum that we all received along with our paystubs this pay period. I am not inclined to sign it for some of the following reasons:
1. What if payroll makes a mistake? Shouldn’t they be held accountable for the fixing their errors in a “timely manner?” I don’t think three pay periods (equal to about a month and a half in real time) is “timely” when they are the ones who made the mistake.
2. What if I turn my time sheet in to my supervisor and it gets lost on its way to payroll? It’s out of my control, so I won’t get paid?
3. The memo must be signed and turned it, giving them license to not pay us. If we make one mistake, thereby not “properly” completing the form, then they can not pay us? Or am I interpreting it wrong?
4. And if I turn my timesheet in, properly completed, what guarantee do *I* have that I will be paid accurately and timely? NONE. Maybe I should make payroll sign a memo to me promising to pay me each time I turn in a properly completed timesheet.
Hmm, now that’s an idea…
