overtime fraud; falsely reporting overtime
Refers to the practice of claiming overtime hours that were not actually worked, often to receive extra pay. A social issue in Japanese workplaces.
The employee was disciplined after the overtime fraud was uncovered.
An attendance management system was introduced to prevent false overtime reporting.
General term for overtime work; カラ残業 specifically refers to fraudulent overtime claims.
Most common spelling; カラ is katakana for emphasis or clarity.
Hiragana variant; less common but still seen.
Rarely used kanji form; 空 can be read as から meaning 'empty'.
Compound of カラ (空, 'empty') and 残業 (overtime), literally 'empty overtime'. The term likely emerged in the context of Japanese labor practices.