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by QuotedForTruth 2176 days ago
It already is. Its called theft of services. Never seen it applied to a conventional employee though, but why shouldn't it be?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft_of_services#:~:text=Thef....

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No, if you dispute that the plumber did not do the work correctly, it is not theft of services. Theft of services is for a subset of fraudulent behavior.