dock your pay. I don't know what your "local area" is, but unless it's the former Soviet Union, state and federal law require your employer to pay you (at least minimum wage) for your time. Docking pay = requiring you to work without paying you, which is illegal in most local areas.
Of course, if they fire you after you complain about your pay being docked, you can sue them for what we in California like to call "wrongful termination in violation of public policy." See, it's illegal to fire someone for complaining about an illegal policy, like docking your pay.
You can also sue them for all of your OT. "But I'm on salary." That's irrelevant. In the US anyway, all employees are entitled to OT compensation (time-and-a-half) for OT hours worked (40+ per week in the US, and/or 8+ per day in CA), unless covered by one of the specific, limited exemptions:
Executive;
Licensed Professional;
Administrative Employee; or
Computer Professional.
If you're in IT, you're not in any of the first three exemptions. The last one is where you might get caught. Under US federal law, employees in the computer software field are exempt if they perform certain primary job duties, exercise independent discretion, and make more than $27.63 per hour. CA law is more protective of employees (the exempt level is $43.58 per hour) and whichever is more protective is the one that the courts apply.
So, as you can see, your employer probably owes you a lot more than whatever he is going to dock you, and if you complain about it, you basically put him in a position where he: (1) can't continue taking advantage of you; and (2) can't fire you.
But to answer your question, late is late.
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dock your pay. I don't know what your "local area" is, but unless it's the former Soviet Union, state and federal law require your employer to pay you (at least minimum wage) for your time. Docking pay = requiring you to work without paying you, which is illegal in most local areas. Of course, if they fire you after you complain about your pay being docked, you can sue them for what we in California like to call "wrongful termination in violation of public policy." See, it's illegal to fire someone for complaining about an illegal policy, like docking your pay. You can also sue them for all of your OT. "But I'm on salary." That's irrelevant. In the US anyway, all employees are entitled to OT compensation (time-and-a-half) for OT hours worked (40+ per week in the US, and/or 8+ per day in CA), unless covered by one of the specific, limited exemptions: Executive; Licensed Professional; Administrative Employee; or Computer Professional. If you're in IT, you're not in any of the first three exemptions. The last one is where you might get caught. Under US federal law, employees in the computer software field are exempt if they perform certain primary job duties, exercise independent discretion, and make more than $27.63 per hour. CA law is more protective of employees (the exempt level is $43.58 per hour) and whichever is more protective is the one that the courts apply. So, as you can see, your employer probably owes you a lot more than whatever he is going to dock you, and if you complain about it, you basically put him in a position where he: (1) can't continue taking advantage of you; and (2) can't fire you. But to answer your question, late is late.