Small offices - do you punch in and out? Are you required to? I’m the only assistant in an office of two attorneys. No receptionist. It’s just me. Im the only one clocking in and out…. Is this normal practice for small offices?

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I do not think it’s normal. I’ve been an attorney for 35 years, both a sole practitioner and in several law firms. I have many colleagues who are sole practitioners and many colleagues in small firms-I have not seen or heard of any law firms requiring employees to punch in and out, with the exception of one relatively large firm-and that firm requires even salaried employees to clock in and out.

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I don’t think it’s normally practiced. I have never seen it having worked in about 5 small offices in my life.

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Only worked in big firms but all hourly employees (like legal assistants) had to clock in and out.

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