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Court Hears Allegation of a Five-Job Working Day
· New York time
Kashim Chowdhury is accused of fraudulently juggling multiple government jobs while working from home. A court has heard allegations that the civil servant used make-up to fake illness while holding five jobs. These are allegations before a court, not established findings of guilt. The reported case concerns the conduct attributed to one defendant, rather than evidence that working from home generally involves a secret portfolio of public-sector posts. Five jobs would make the ordinary complaint about conflicting meetings look unusually restrained. But the legal question is not whether an overcrowded diary sounds impressive; it is whether the alleged conduct amounted to fraud. The familiar productivity slogan about wearing several hats has rarely needed such careful separation from the employment contract. Here, the court rather than a motivational poster must address the claims.
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