Employee Absenteeism

Employee investigation

Employee sick leave costs companies large sums of money and people taking time off when they aren't really incapable of working also puts added pressure on other members of staff to cover the absentee's workload.

Most people get ill every now and again, but many employers find that some members of their workforce take advantage of this and take time off when they aren't really sick. Prolonged employee absence has a profound effect on how a company functions on a day to day basis. Employee sick leave can be costly both in time and money as someone else has to pick up the slack. Global Investigations can help you to determine if an employee sick leave claim is valid or not.

Some employees even do this to partake in secret trading and undertake other work when they are meant to be on employee sick leave at home. This secret trading can involve working directly for competitors or in some cases, starting to take on clients or work of their own. It is not unheard of for employees to use company time and resources to do their secret trading.

Staff monitoring is within your rights

When an employee gives you reason to worry then the solution to sorting out the problem will lie in effective staff monitoring. Unlike some methods of investigating employee sick leave fraud, staff monitoring is about monitoring performance. In order for any company or business to succeed, relying on their employees is crucial. Occasionally however, you may find that there are employees who give rise to all sorts of problems that have a direct impact on the company such as with secret trading.

If they believe that they can make money through the secret trading of vital information or resources then some employers will take advantage of their position in your company. Unfortunately secret trading in large corporations is quite commonplace. Staff monitoring and investigating employees might be able find and put a stop to any further secret trading that might be going on in your business.

That is when we come in to give you hand at staff monitoring. Sure enough staff monitoring can sometimes make you feel uncomfortable but in order to preserve your business you need to have employees that work hard and are trustworthy. Employee absence can have detrimental effects on the business which leaves you out of pocket and out of trust. No shame in investigating employee secret trading

An increasing amount of companies and employers are taking steps when necessary to investigate employees in order to stamp out all secret trading when possible.

The rise in companies wanting to investigate employees is often due to the track record that they produce. Poor performance and constant employee absence has give rise to the need for investigating employees in some cases. The company has to pay for sick leave and so they need to know that the claim of every employee absence is legitimate.

There are times when employee absence gives rise to worry and so the company has to use its legal right to investigate employees who are absent for prolonged periods. There are different methods which we can apply in order to accomplish your need to investigate employees satisfactorily. Staff monitoring methods can be those that include background checks - as well as following up references at the point of employment for new staff.

It is within the company's legal right to investigate employees if they feel that things aren't going the way they should. It no small feat for the company to investigate employees if they feel that a certain member of staff is jeopardizing the trust issue, secret trading or moonlighting.

However the reality is simple. If your employee sick leave is unusually high and particular members of staff are often 'ill', then it is within the company's interest to start to investigate employees who fit the bill.