Per the article, that would have required him opening a laptop during their meeting and twiddling the mouse around to prevent idle.
Legally, that may impact.
But practically and provably? I can't imagine he wouldn't be in the same situation, albeit with Upwork claiming they'd detected patterns of abuse during his claimed time, and still putting this on him. Or maybe not. Futures not taken, etc.
> If contractors' time is tracked using Upwork tool then this problem will not exist.
But that's for countering the opposite problem -- when the contractor tries to scam the client. Here, the client is the scammer.
And didn't TFA say that Upwork tried this tack at first -- but stopped that line of argument after he provided testimonials from the client that he had indeed performed the work?
Legally, that may impact.
But practically and provably? I can't imagine he wouldn't be in the same situation, albeit with Upwork claiming they'd detected patterns of abuse during his claimed time, and still putting this on him. Or maybe not. Futures not taken, etc.