Re:Job switchers are earning a lot more than those who stay
by treis on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @12:48PM
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>It is not fraud, it is just lying. Lying is not illegal.
Lying to get a financial gain is the definition of fraud.
That said, it's one of those technically illegal things that no one in a million years is going to get charged for.
Re:Job switchers are earning a lot more than those who stay
by toxik on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @03:31PM
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You’re right, and I didn’t know that. Fascinating law. I blame being ESL.
However, I wonder if it actually is fraud. Intent matters. The intention isn’t to defraud the employer, but rather to short-circuit the whole process of job skipping for a correct wage. So it’s actually not an unfair gain, and that is precisely why I think it’s not even immoral in this case.
Withholding the truth is also lying, by omission. In that sense, your employer is already lying to you by not compensating you according to your actual value. I realize it’s a bit of a stretch but there’s something there.