Do you legally have to clock in at work if you are paid solely on commission? -

as stated above, what is legal is what is pointed out in your employers, employees handbook. If it is unclear and you have been told that you have to clock in and your hours are specific hours where the sales floor is covered by staff that are suppose to be there covering the sales floor customers or not. Then you best be there and on time and quit being late. Get up ten minutes earlier and be on time. Be humble and try not to get so riled, they weren t late, you were.

I didn t ask for a lecture. I am a grown adult, looking for an answer to a question that I thought someone with legal experience would know. In fact, I did get a proper answer, without any finger-pointing from false assumptions and that should have been the answer that got the popular vote. Report Abuse

if you are paid solely on commission, quit.about 100,000 firms will hire you today to work just on commission andyou can work whenever you want......perfect example; I will hire you RIGHT NOWi do biz advisory work; consulting;you sell my services, collect from the customer and pocket1/2 the money; no costs from your pocket, nothing to buy andyou never go to the office which is out of state.[i charge over 200 per hour, you get 100 per hourof contracts you sell]

ALL the posters above are missing the point.Yes, you must be on the clock at all times that you are working, whether you are hourly paid or commissioned. The only employees that are not required *by law* to record all their working hours are those employees that are *both* salaried *and* overtime-exempt. The reason for this is that even commission-only employees are subject to Federal and State minimum wage laws. Say, for example, that you work 30 hours this week, and make $300 in commissions. You have earned $10 an hour, and there are no legal issues. But if you worked 60 hours to earn that $300, that s an hourly rate of only $4.28 an hour (40 hours at $4.28 and 20 hours at time-and-a-half), and your boss needs to make your pay for the 60 hours up to $507.50Richard

It s not illegal for an employer to require you to clock in. Employers can have policies that turn out illegal, but this isn t one of them.Clocking in has other purposes beyond measuring time for hourly pay. Some just like to keep tabs and measure performance against time. Don t take it personally.

It s legal for your boss to require it, yes. It s also legal to refuse -- and in almost every state, it would then be legal for your boss to fire you for refusing to do as he requires.Your choice.

you are not being paid by the hour which the time clock recordsyou might research the employee booklet your employer should have available for you for questions that arise from the employment

if your employer require u to clock to work, you have to. That is job requirement, as your employer doesnt want any part-time salesperson