Re: is this stealing
All 3, as phrased, are stealing. One has contracted to work x hours and doesn't do it, yet takes the money for doing it. That's stealing.
Your second paragraph, however, is a bit ambiguous. If I hire somebody to do a task, and estimate it will take 8 hours, I might pay him based on 8 hours work, with the understanding that once the task is completed, he is free to go and I will still pay for the 8 hours. If, however, I have an hourly employee and I assign him a task to complete, I expect him to come to me when the job is done for another assignment, not to goof off for the remainder of the day.
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