> It's usually called time theft when employees are on the clock but doing things they shouldn't be doing. This is what you originally said. Clocking for anot

> It's usually called time theft when employees are on the clock but doing things they shouldn't be doing. This is what you originally said. Clocking for another employee, that is time card fraud, not "time theft". "Time theft" is not even a legal term. There is a recent push to coin the term "time theft", in order to group anything that may not be considered working during work hours as a "crime". An employee may commit fraud by not working and still collecting wages, which is a crime, but this tends to be used as an excuse for employers to make it look that any work time used for non working matters, is illegal. Break a bit longer than usual? Time theft. Taking a personal call? Time theft. Pooping at work? Believe it or not, time theft. There are plenty of examples out there where managers try to curb and reduce employee breaks, even with ludicrous signs advertising "how to avoid committing time clock fraud" [1], and also plenty where those employees get canned accused of "time theft", but if you live in the US, in an "at will employment" state, it is enough that the reason is not illegal for an employer to do so. But again, there is not such a thing as "time theft". "Time theft" is a made up term to scare people into total submission while at work. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/mf41ia/i_work_for_a_multibillion_dollar_corporation/ https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/mf41ia/i_work_for...