You might find the term "wage theft" objectionable, but note that it's in response to the term "time theft" that employers (notably Walmart) drill into their ho

You might find the term "wage theft" objectionable, but note that it's in response to the term "time theft" that employers (notably Walmart) drill into their hourly employees. The idea of "time theft" is that employees are costing them billions of dollars by stealing time through breaks that are too long, socializing on the job, personal phone calls, being idle, etc, and they can fire employees for "time theft". The average employee is said to "steal" 54 minutes per day. So the term "wage theft" basically just turns the tables on these employers.