computer use at work, and how many hours do people really work?

[Prloko]

Some may call that innovative....some might call that theft....unless you are authorized to spend 75% of your time at work engaged in studying; are you?

It all depends. Some jobs, you really getting paid for your "time". Think of some emergency management type workers who get paid to sit and wait for something to happen, like firefighters. In the AF, we had a team that were in charge of responding to crashes. How many times a year does an aircraft crash on an Air Base? They still needed to be available. They have ancillary duties, but that only takes so much time. The rest is spent on other tasks or personal things.

You owe your employers an honest effort and nothing more.

Speaking of theft, there's an active class action lawsuit against Apple from their store employees. Apple requires the employees' bags to be checked before they leave to prevent theft. It's a reasonable request. But some employees claim that they wait sometimes 10 minutes or more for a manager to come over and check -OFF the clock. An estimate for one employee was approximately $1500 in lost wages from time waiting. Forget the legal arguments and the law regarding this. Morally, an employee employee owes an effort while "on the clock", does the employer owe the employee for their personal time?