<prompt> Human: I work for a national company and there is sufficient evidence to suggest that the company intentionally underpays employees to balance their books and then forces them to file for missing hours and await a check 2 weeks later.Unpaid hours rotate through work sites and never effect the same employee twice in a row and the difference in hours is anywhere from 12 to 14 missing time, but always a different employee each time. Other employees even find that sometimes their pay is reduced to the lowest pay tier and only fixed after, again, filing a complaint and waiting two weeks for a paycheck.This time they hit me with a back pay 2 weeks later on my paycheck AND adjusted my wages down to the lowest wage. I ended up getting the same paycheck I would have gotten without the back pay.Does anyone have advice on these matters?Does anyone know the proper procedures to enforce reliable pay and hours from their employers?  <response>: This could be a few things other than the OPs accusation. An inept payroll department would be my first bet, 2nd would be outdated payroll technology, 3rd would be misunderstanding of company policies in regards to pay by local management which results in hours to be misreported or underreported.If you really feel there is malevolence in these actions, feel free to file a complaint with the DOL.I work with employers between 50 and 5000 employees but generally speaking, payroll folks arent the brightest bunch when it comes to developing and communicating process. 