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And when a company makes surplus profit from its employees' labour and doesn't compensate them for it accordingly, is that also considered theft?
by typon 5y ago
And when a company makes surplus profit from its employees' labour and doesn't compensate them for it accordingly, is that also considered theft?
- neom 5y agoNo. That is in fact not how the law works at all.
- wonderwonder 5y ago"By staying silent he is denying the business the ability to optimize it's cogs, and therefore effectively stealing for the business." That's not how the law works either. If employee A, B and C all have different processes to do the same task and employee A is faster than the other 2, employee A is not stealing and neither are the other 2.
- neom 5y agoI don't know what jurisdiction you're referring to, here in Canada what he did would likely be illegal, and the other instance would not. I don't know of a locality where what typon said is illegal. It's not difficult to get creative when pursuing theft of company time, and here I doubt you'd even need to get that creative. I'm an EIR at a law firm so I will ask and report back.
- antihero 5y agoIt's illegal to fulfil your job obligations creatively?
- neom 5y agoIt can be, yes.
- willcipriano 5y agoWhat law are you referring to?
- CRConrad 5y agoAre you talking law here, or ethics? Your talk about how employees are "resources" with a "duty" to "care" about the business sounds a lot more morality play and less legalistic than you're suddenly switching too now that the shoe is on the other foot.