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Absent a written contract to the contrary you are at will employees and exempt employees must work whatever hours the employer wants. Now, as far as making up time cards, this is a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and your concern about someone getting injured during these "fake hours" is valid, since the company could use those records to claim you did not get hurt at work.

As far as the reduction in pay, they can reduce your pay for future time worked, but not for time already worked and the notice does not necessarily have to be in writing as long as you were notified.

You do need to file a complaint here about the false time cards to the US Department of Labor's wage and hour division. But as far as the cut in pay for future time worked, there is not much you can do about that as an at will employee.

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