Japan govt workers left office 2 minutes early. They got a pay cut

Japan government employees were punished with a pay cut for leaving work two minutes before the scheduled exit time.

Employees of a government office in Japan were punished earlier in March for leaving work two minutes before the scheduled exit time and were penalised with a pay cut. Several staff members were disciplined for leaving office two minutes early, the Funabashi City Board of Education in Chiba Prefecture announced on March 10. The Board of Education found 316 cases of early departures from May 2019 to January 2021, involving seven staff members, Japan Today reports. The employees said that they left two minutes early to board an earlier bus home. The counsellor, in-charge of attendance management, was disciplined for defrauding timecards, which recorded departure times as 5:15 pm. Apart from other staff members, the counsellor also left from work at 5:13 pm to catch the bus.