HR Chat: Unauthorized Overtime

You manage a business with a company policy that mandates overtime hours must be approved by ownership in advance. However, during the previous pay period, two employees worked overtime without prior approval. Since the overtime was not authorized, you would like to know if it’s permissible to deduct the overtime pay from their wages and what the appropriate disciplinary action should be for violating the company policy.

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