company time

Noun

 * 1)  A time in which an employee is being compensated by their employer, and for which the employer is therefore responsible for the welfare of the employee, and also in which the employee is expected to refrain from engaging in personal interests.
 * 2) * 2003, Shaquille O'Neal, quoted in Tim Brown, "Shaq's Not Back in Time", Los Angeles Times, February 11, 2003, Sports, Part 4, page 7:
 * Since I suffered the injury on company time, why shouldn't I also be able to get surgery and do recovery on company time?