Arbeitszeit: Arbeitszeitbetrug: So können sich Unternehmen wehren
Wäsche waschen, einkaufen, Netflix schauen: Immer wieder erledigen Beschäftigte Privates in ihrer Arbeitszeit. Wo der Betrug beginnt und was Unternehmen dagegen machen können.
In Germany, employees occasionally engage in time fraud by pretending to work while actually spending their time on personal matters such as shopping, working out at the gym, or cooking a meal. A survey conducted by Consumerfieldwork found that 13% of 1,000 German employees regularly fail to accurately report their working hours.
Of those surveyed, 75% admitted to completing personal tasks during work hours. Sascha Stowasser, the head of the Institute for Applied Labor Studies (IFAA) and a researcher on workforce changes, states that time fraud has significant economic consequences. Faulty attendance is costly for businesses. The question then arises - at what point does poor morale become fraudulent, and what can managers do to address the issue?
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