BC Tribunal Orders Woman to Repay Employer for ‘Time Theft’ While Working at Home

A tribunal says an employer compared an employee's timesheets with the software's data over a month between late February and March and found she claimed 50 hours during which it appeared she wasn't working. Jenny Kane/AP Photo

A tribunal has ordered a British Columbia accountant to pay her former employer more than $2,600 after tracking software showed she engaged in “time theft” while working from home.

The decision released this week by the Civil Resolution Tribunal shows the woman made a claim of $5,000 to cover unpaid wages and severance pay, arguing she had been fired without cause last March.