Woman gets fired for leaving work 5-15 mins early all the time but…..
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Yes, she was fairly terminated. If she wanted to do that, she should have cleared it with her employer first. The specifics of her job don't matter, so I won't delve into that there could be scheduling, safety or legal issues with what she did.
She was hired to work a specific shift, and she unilaterally adjusted her shift because she thought it was fair, without knowing the implications of her decision, and not discussing it with her employer.
This is cut and dry.
Coincidentally, one of my workers has to leave 15 minutes early 3 out of 5 days during the week because of her childcare needs. I gave her options of either taking 15 minutes off one of her breaks, or simply not getting paid for those 15 minutes, and she opted for the latter. All good! If, on the other hand, she just started disappearing 15 minutes early without a word, I'd be giving her a talking to, even if she had been taking 15 minutes off one of her breaks voluntarily. I mean, think about it. What if there was a fire and we couldn't find her? We could potentially be sending rescuers into a burning blaze to save someone who is safely at home with her kid. That's just one possible implication.
She was hired to work a specific shift, and she unilaterally adjusted her shift because she thought it was fair, without knowing the implications of her decision, and not discussing it with her employer.
This is cut and dry.
Coincidentally, one of my workers has to leave 15 minutes early 3 out of 5 days during the week because of her childcare needs. I gave her options of either taking 15 minutes off one of her breaks, or simply not getting paid for those 15 minutes, and she opted for the latter. All good! If, on the other hand, she just started disappearing 15 minutes early without a word, I'd be giving her a talking to, even if she had been taking 15 minutes off one of her breaks voluntarily. I mean, think about it. What if there was a fire and we couldn't find her? We could potentially be sending rescuers into a burning blaze to save someone who is safely at home with her kid. That's just one possible implication.
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If she truly was "making up for it" during lunch hour, it's not exactly time theft. But if that weren't the case, it absolutely is theft. If the company is paying you and you're skipping out early without permission, it's tantamount to stealing whatever wages they paid you for that unworked time. There's often an anti-corporate mindset that makes that out as hyperbole, but seems pretty cut and dry to me. All you have to do is play out the inverse. What if your employer was light on your paycheck by 1.25 hours in a week for time you worked? That's rightly called wage theft.
You give them an inch and they will take a mile. Lou let them get away with it enough times it becomes prescident. Next thing you know every employee is claiming the same right.
