I am an hourly employee of one of the many casinos along the MS Gulf Coast.

After working some overtime over the last pay period, I noticed on my pay stub that the hours shown do not reflect the hours worked. It was not "approved" overtime, but as I was the only employee left on the clock at the end of the shift, I believe that I am required to stay until relieved.

Many of my fellow employees have related that managers' correcting overtime is common practice throughout all departments in this particular casino.

I know that many concessions were made for the gaming industry after Hurricane Katrina as incentive for them to return, but surely this isn't one of them.

Thanks for any insight.

Non-Exempt employees (assuming that is what you are) must be paid based on actual hours worked under federal law (FLSA).

And you "assumed" you had to stay until you were relieved? Was there not a manager or supervisor on site you could have asked? Not that it makes a difference for this particular situation (as far as the pay is concerned), but working unauthorized overtime in violation of a company policy could get you fired.

I agree as a non-exempt employee you need to be paid for all hrs. worked. However; since you worked OT not authorized, you can be disciplined for this up to & including being fired.