A significant increase of remote employees has been the result of COVID-19, which unfortunately, has given a rise to new types of employee fraud. For the foreseeable future, many companies are saying they will continue to utilize remote employees. Dealing with potential employee time fraud is a consideration must for employees. To verify remote work employees are “on the job” and not becoming lax or even fraudulent with their time keeping, some employers are turning to Private Investigators for help. With this in mind, we at Advanced Private Investigator & Security of Miami, FL would like to further discuss the subject.

What is Considered Time Theft?

There is a possibility that they may not perform required tasks if your staff is not supervised and is only checking in digitally a few times each day. A private investigator can be helpful to gather the evidence you need in the event you have concerns that an employee is not at work and feel you may need to terminate. Though the investigative techniques may vary depending upon the scenarios, these cases involve a significant amount of surveillance and tracking.

Refusal to Return to Work by the Employee

A common example of fraud is employees taking unemployment benefits instead of returning to work, citing they are worried about contracting COVID19. In these instances, accuracy is key. The PPE is helpful in determining your responsibility and the rules you need in place for employees and having a handle on the local and state mandates for social distancing helps. The likelihood of reducing your employee can refusing an order to return to the workplace is essentially done having a plan in place.

Employee Movement Tracking

Any indications that your employee is traveling can be discovered with a private investigator. To help determine if your employee is “locked down” working, a private investigator can collect evidence of car rentals, flights, and vacant homes. Traveling freely in public is also investigating to see if your employees are wearing masks and social distancing. If your employee is going to bars and restaurants, or attending other public gatherings, they may not have a fear of public contact and are being deceptive, their excuses of not coming is virus related, then the natural behavior is to observe safety protocols in public. To make a determination if this employee is being honest, gathering proof of this behavior can help your business.

On Company Time, Employees Doing Personal Tasks

Potentially additionally beneficial for employers is observing at home behavior. You need to know if employees are tackling personal projects or working on company business. Examples can be an employee busy doing yard work or working on a home remodeling project on your time and dime. A key to your business’s success can stem on knowing these facts. If found guilty, these situations are a good cause for termination.

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To legally obtain the evidence you need to prove if employee fraud is occurring, Advanced Private Investigator & Security of Miami, FL has the experienced in lawful techniques to acquire the answers you seek. Call us today for a consultation to discuss the details of your investigation.