Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "Kroger Accused of Short-Changing Its Employees" video.

@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket That's not entirely correct. There's a time limit on that. They can't just look back at the books from years ago and decide that they want the money back. But, I strongly recommend against anybody that does know that they're being overpaid not to spend the money as some states don't require any notice about the money being garnished or the payment rescinded for a replacement check.
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@benterwellen I'm pretty sure the locations all use time clocks, so there may be occasional discrepencies in that regard, but not in a systematic way. Decades ago my roommate had been working for Albertsons and they were using timeclock punches for recording time. The mistakes that I've been reading about are mainly accounting errors where somebody didn't properly classify employees or apply raises that should have been paid. It is illegal and they'll likely wind up having to pay a lot of money as a result as these are hours that nobody disputes that employees were authorized to work and worked. It's primarily about how much they are owed for the money.
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These calculations are often times done on groups of people or on individuals. If an employee is incorrectly classified, then they may not get the money that they're owed. Or if somebody in payroll types something wrong you get wrong results. I had a paycheck reversed last year because of an overpayment. They did get everybody the correct amount by the end of the day, but a lot of folks were very nervous because they were living paycheck to paycheck. Personally, I had more than a months worth of emergency funds on hand, so as long as I got the money in a timely manner, I had no problem.
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@nerdy1701 Things can still go wrong with those, but once the employees know how the machine works, the mistakes tend to be a lot less likely. In general those, tend to be a lot less error prone than other options, as long as people remember to clock in and out as appropriate.
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Possibly, but I think it's equally likely that they're just not paying for enough accountants to deal with the payroll and when they switched systems they were probably promised that it would take fewer workers to do the job, but couldn't be bothered to figure out if there was a reduction in time spent dealing with it.
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@lylecoglianese1645 Yes, but Kroger does have stores that are similar in scope. That is stores that do a lot more than just groceries. Fred Meyer is one example where the grocery store portion is typically less than 1/4 of the total store area.
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@rmo9808 It depends where you live and also which subsidiary. Some of the subsidiary corporations are more generous about it. Around here, a store is only technically required to match the price if it's misleading. So, if it's an old price tag with an expiration date on the price, they might opt not to honor it and probably be within their rights not to. But, in practice companies will often times pay it and just remove the price tag until it can be replaced just to avoid angering a customer and the possibility that a court might decide that it did run afoul of the law..
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@terryarmbruster9719 Yes, most "Kroger" stores have some other name on them. It's just when you look closely you can tell that there's Kroger branded products in places and Kroger trademarked images here and there.
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