How much time can i take from a employee that sits down and does nothing?

Answer 1

Your fired! That's taking an infinite amount of time from working for you and just takes a few seconds.

Answer 2

As an employer there is nothing worse than having to pay someone to sit on their duff. You may not be able to take back the money they in all purposes have in a since stolen however there is something you can do.
Have an employee hand book made up. In this handbook you should state all duties expected of them, routines, procedures, policies, write-ups, and clock milking. Yes I have a term for this problem in my hand book.
I have my policy in writing. If you are caught sitting when you are working and not doing your duties, you will be asked to clock out and go home. If this should happen more than twice in a 6 month period you will be terminated.
Here is some food for thought, if an employee feels like they have been wrongly terminated they have the right to file for unemployment. If you have a policy in writing and the employee signs it, and they do not abide by those rules you have the right to terminate them and they will not have the right to collect unemployment.
I do hope this helps and sorry it so long but I learned from getting burned. I would hate to see it happen to someone else.

Answer 3

Give him a written warning, then verbal warning after a second occurrence anything beyond that I would terminate his employment. If you don't address this with him he will never change his behavior.

Answer 4

none. You are bound by the wage and labor laws of the United States............well if you are working in the U.S. If your state is a right to work state, you can fire that person for not working but you can't discriminate.

Answer 5

you can fire him, why would you want to do anything less , unless you gave him a reason

Answer 6

you can take it all by firing him. if he is not doing his or her job then it is perfectly legal to fire them.----retired texas deputy sheriff----