{"id":45525,"date":"2023-10-20T15:44:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/what-to-do-when-your-staff-steal-from-your-business-page-2-of-2-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:44:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:44:22","slug":"what-to-do-when-your-staff-steal-from-your-business-page-2-of-2-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/what-to-do-when-your-staff-steal-from-your-business-page-2-of-2-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do when your staff steal from your business – Page 2 of 2 – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In any case, if an employee is stealing from you, regardless of whether or not they are charged with a criminal offence by the police, the employer should undertake his or her own investigation to determine what action, if any, it will take as a result.<\/p>\n
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This should include:<\/p>\n
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It is important that you as the employer do not prejudge the matter and make up your mind prior to completing an investigation.<\/p>\n
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In particular, you must put the allegations to the employee and give the employee an opportunity to respond to those allegations. It is also important that you undertake a proper investigation of the matter so that if it leads to the termination of the employee\u2019s employment, you can successfully defend any proceedings that may be commenced by the employee as a result. Only make a decision after you have investigated the matter and on the basis of solid evidence.<\/p>\n
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Your investigation should be undertaken regardless of the progress or outcome of any police investigation of the matter. Generally, an employer will be able to conduct and finalise its investigation much faster than any police investigation of the matter.<\/p>\n
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It therefore does not ultimately matter if the employee is acquitted of any criminal charges as the steps taken by you as employer may be reasonable in the circumstances.<\/p>\n
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There are a number of things you can do to minimise the risk of your employees stealing from you:<\/p>\n
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By Lachlan McKnight, CEO of LegalVision<\/i>. LegalVision provides online legal services, including fixed-fee online lawyers and customised legal documents.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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