If I work from 6pm to 7pm, Doing computer work, and my employer tells me to log that as 8pm to 9pm supervising, are they or I acting out an illegal action?

Also, if it is illegal, and I want to document that, how do I do so? If I write it down on a piece of paper, then I have a piece of paper that says I worked one time, and when they log it in there files they have a piece of paper, this creates a my word vs. theres scenario.

I don't understand the situation. Are you exempt or nonexempt? What type of work do you do?

I'm a Merchandiser. Merchandisers go in to stores and do resets, set up displays, help with remodels etc. I particuliarly work in (deleted by moderator), I'm a team lead. I don't believe that I am Exempt after reading the rules for exemption. Recently I was told to go and meet an employee to give him his work shirt, name tag, etc. Our time is subitted on a computer system thats very strict, the only way I can enter time is if there is a specific job uploaded to that system. Since that was not a store project there was no place to put that time down as work. I called my Supervisor and was directed to put the time down the following night at my store. So I went out on a Monday night, met with the new employee got him his shirt and name tag, gave him his schedule etc, That was 6pm to 7pm. My Supervisor told me to put it down on Tuesday night when I worked at (deleted by moderator), so I worked at (deleted by moderator) Tuesday night from 7pm to 4:30am, but when I put it into the computer it was 7pm to 5:30am as I was directed to move that time. My problem with this is my company bills (deleted by moderator) for certain aspects of the time we're in the store, for instance they can bill (deleted by moderator) for all Supervision time I do in the store, they can't however bill (deleted by moderator) for me going out and doing an interview or training an employee. So my company essentially just stole $26 from (deleted by moderator) by having me move that time, when they should have just been out $26 for that hour. Does this make sense?

Wait a minute. Haven't you already posted this, either in another thread or on another board? This sounds very familiar. :(

Yeah the jist of this was under a post I made day before yesterday along with several other questions, but I thought it might be kinda convuluted and was trying to simplify, I keep looking for labor laws or fraud laws that might help awnser the question, but can't find anything on it. I'm guessing the reason being that I'm not sure EXACTLY what I'm looking for.


P.S. Is naming locations of where I work against policy for the website? Would rather not be breaking any rules. Thanks.

OK, let me take a shot at it then. I'll be back to edit this post. ;)

We prefer that you not give the name of the company or information that is specific enough to divine who the employer is. This is for your own protection.

All I can say is, if I'm reading this correctly, is that you must be paid for all hours worked (I assume you are an employee, not an independent contractor). All electronic time reporting systems (at least the vendor-supplied ones) have a way for supervisors or other "timekeepers" to adjust the time so that you get paid for all hours worked. The fact that they can't bill a client for your time is irrelevant. If the employer refuses to do so, you can file a claim with the state Dept. of Labor and Industries.
http://www.lni.wa.gov/WorkplaceRights/ComplainDiscrim/WRComplaint/default.asp

And definitely, keep your own records of your time, if you aren't already doing so.

If I've misunderstood anything here, please post back.

My worry is actually that they might be billing there customer for my time that they should be paying for themselves. I'm also worried that they might come back at a later point and time and say "You've been falsifying paperwork, your terminated." and when I go to the Unemployment office they say "you were fired for falsifying paperwork. No unemployment benefits for you, thats gross misconduct under... " something that I don't know about cause I'm not a lawyer.

But that L&I post gives me a direction to go. Thanks!