Investigators from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Office of Inspector General in New York looked into time and attendance irregularities in the work and scheduling within the Metro-North Railroad's Work Equipment Division, according to The Wall Street Journal. Because the organization doesn't maintain an employee tracking system, rather depending on an "honor system" for supervision, several individuals were found to be performing personal chores and shopping while on the clock.

Investigators looked into the activities of five out of the 18-person road machinist unit during 45 work days during the summer of 2012. The report found the employees were idle for the workday during 22 percent of the days under review. In fact, one individual was found performing yard work and was compensated with overtime pay for allegedly working through his lunch hour. Norman Brown, a member of the MTA board, explained tracking train workers is difficult because of their mobility.

However, in response to the investigation, the board of directors voted in approval of the purchase of $4.2 million GPS-based tracking system that will monitor the nearly 1,500 vehicles used by the train workers.

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