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It is not fraud, it is just lying. Lying is not illegal. Withholding the truth is also lying, by omission. In that sense, your employer is already lying to you
by toxik 4y ago
It is not fraud, it is just lying. Lying is not illegal.
Withholding the truth is also lying, by omission. In that sense, your employer is already lying to you by not compensating you according to your actual value. I realize it’s a bit of a stretch but there’s something there.
- treis 4y ago>It is not fraud, it is just lying. Lying is not illegal. Lying to get a financial gain is the definition of fraud. That said, it's one of those technically illegal things that no one in a million years is going to get charged for.
- toxik 4y agoYou’re right, and I didn’t know that. Fascinating law. I blame being ESL. However, I wonder if it actually is fraud. Intent matters. The intention isn’t to defraud the employer, but rather to short-circuit the whole process of job skipping for a correct wage. So it’s actually not an unfair gain, and that is precisely why I think it’s not even immoral in this case.