"Efforts are being made by the public sector to crack down on staff who work multiple different jobs at the same time, in secret. The practice, known as polygamous working, has arguably become more prevalent with the growth in remote working but it can be potentially unlawful depending on your employment contract. The Cabinet Office told BBC London that since 2016, their national anti-fraud initiative caught out 301 employees in the public sector and recovered 1.35m in salary payment."
""My job was boring. I automated a lot of stuff on Excel. I was on Reddit all day," he said. "So I did a side contract...I made some money. They were happy they got someone who was automating their systems." Imtiaz admits it was not right, adding: "I shouldn't have worked there but I wasn't paid well enough to feel bad. That's why I left.""
Public-sector employers are making efforts to detect and stop staff holding multiple simultaneous jobs in secret, a practice called polygamous working. The practice has grown with remote working and can breach employment contracts or amount to fraud. Since 2016, a national anti-fraud initiative recovered 1.35m and identified 301 public-sector employees. A council worker was recently convicted for holding two full-time council jobs. Imtiaz Shams worked as a public-sector finance assistant while secretly taking private-sector work to save for university, later acknowledging it was wrong. Tech sector employers may tolerate outside work if performance is maintained, but low pay drives some to multiple roles.
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