MU Health uses a Kronos automatic timekeeping system, which keeps track of when employees clock in and out. The plaintiffs claim the Kronos system automatically deducts 30 minutes from employees’ shifts if they work more than eight hours straight, even if the employee doesn’t take a meal break during a given shift.
The plaintiffs also claim their supervisors are supposed to schedule their meal breaks, and the 30 minutes cannot be deducted from their shift unless the employee’s whole 30-minute break is uninterrupted. However, the employees filing the suit said the Kronos system deducted 30 minutes from their shifts, even when the employees did not have uninterrupted breaks.
MU Health adjusted the system to stop deducting time from two employees’ shifts, but the plaintiffs allege there are still employees dealing with the same issue.
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