punch the clock

Exempt workers are on payroll, but they do not have to punch the clock because they are not paid by the hour.

These are employees who are paid on an hourly basis and have to “punch the clock;” should they be required to work more than eight hours in a single day, they have to be paid at the time and a half rate.

Punch the clock in a hotel guest room.

“Eagles don't punch the clock,” says Harry, 63.

It’s those more privileged workers, however, who are now facing more pressure, even mandates, to work from the office and figuratively punch the clock.