When becomes violent theft of employee
first there was the distribution of Connecticut store shooting in August and this week the stabbing of a Deputy Sheriff in Florida, called to investigate the robbery of a convenience store. Is this the beginning of a violent trend? Are investigations of theft of employee causing violence at work?As a professional who has carried out various investigations into employee theft in my past, I...
Read MoreWhat would you if you saw a money stealing employee?
What would you do if you saw someone stealing from a business that is not yours? What would you do if someone came to say that only saw one of its employees stealing? Then it is based on an experience of real life that happened when I stopped to buy a drink at a kiosk for the grant of the airport during a business trip. Before my departure I stopped at a kiosk in the airport restaurant to buy a...
Read MoreThe wives or checkbook? Prosecutor v. restitution
Our legal system allows us to seek remedies when we are victims of a robbery. We can exercise criminal charges, seek civil recovery of the loss, and sometimes both. Often we can pursue additional financial compensation for the cost of our security efforts to investigate and solve the robbery. What is the best approach? Prosecution or restitution? When strangers are involved (such as theft), the...
Read MoreThe correlation between the theft of employees and employee morale
I recently read an interesting article published in the Gainesville Sun about theft of employee (business leader talks about employee robo-agosto 20,2010). The article mentions Freddie Wehbe, the owner of the franchise Domino in Florida, who spoke with a number of business owners on a topic of theft of employee who tried one of their places franchise. To his credit, Mr. Wehbe decided to discuss...
Read MorePrevent the theft of employees through the creation of a culture of prevention of losses
Employee theft is a major cause of losses in the retail industry. For that a company truly prevent losses to reduce their profitability requires a team effort. There is not a single person, who is an Executive, Manager or single employee can do it alone. Real prevention requires the help of all employees at all levels. Operations and established policies may be the cornerstone of the prevention...
Read MorePrevent employee theft before it is too late
It seems that every week I read a new article about a trapped person steal $5,000 or more of your employer, and there is a thread that can be found in all these articles…where it began. Each person caught stealing in a retail environment had to start somewhere. Each of them had a “first time”. What is most important, each of them went through the exact same internal...
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