Before you call it theft
What the word does, what has to be established first, and the explanations that fit the same facts.
What the Word Does
Why describing time as stolen changes the case before it starts, what the word commits the employer to, and the alternatives that describe the same facts accurately.
The Explanations That Fit the Same Facts
The eight ordinary explanations that fit most time anomalies, why writing them down before the meeting improves the case, and what to do when one of them holds.
The Policy Nobody Issued
Why a rule has to have reached the person before it can be relied on, what counts as evidence that it did, and what to do when nothing does.
Pattern, Incident and the Difference
Why a single anomaly means almost nothing, the two comparisons that turn one into a finding, and the risk of investigating the person who was noticed.
Establishing Loss, If There Is One
Why most time anomalies involve no loss at all, how to compute one honestly when it exists, and the figures that fall apart when anybody checks them.
The Threshold Question
Deciding in advance what is worth pursuing, why a threshold has to exist and be written down, and the inconsistency that follows from not having one.
When the Employer Is the Cause
The findings caused by the employer's own arrangements, how to spot them, and why the first response is usually aimed at the wrong thing.