Contracted hours vs being sent home early

[VectraMan]

For those who cry "fraud!" who is being defrauded? Not the client - they've authorised the payment. Not the agency.

That's a bit like saying selling London Bridge to american tourists isn't fraud as they authorised the payment.

You lied to get more money for yourself, and if the manager who signed the form knew about it he was complicit in the fraud. I'm not seriously suggesting you'd go to prison or anything, but strictly speaking it is obtaining money through deception. If you put the hours you actually worked on the form and they paid you for the full day anyway then that would be fine. If that's what the client wants then that's what the client should do.

[NotAllThere]

That's a bit like saying selling London Bridge to american tourists isn't fraud as they authorised the payment.

No It's not all like that. It's like an American tourist going up to someone who is authorised to sell London Bridge and paying for it.