Arbeitszeit: Arbeitszeitbetrug: So können sich Unternehmen wehren

In Berlin, employees are engaging in time fraud by pretending to work when they are actually doing other things. This occurs more frequently than one might think. According to a survey conducted by the market research institute Consumerfieldwork, 13% of the 1,000 German employees questioned regularly fail to accurately report their working hours. Furthermore, three-quarters of the participants admitted to handling personal matters during work hours when they should have been on the job.

Time fraud is no mere trifle, "rather has immense economic repercussions," states Sascha Stowasser, who heads the Institute for Applied Labor Sciences (IFAA) and has been researching shifts in the professional world for years. He emphasizes that absenteeism is very costly for businesses. So, where does poor work ethic end, and where does fraud begin? And what can managers do to combat this issue?