Some of you may remember my having to fire an employee for a positive drug test result after an on-the-job accident.
We've had some theft issues recently:
Some Katrina relief charity $ was stolen/lost. No one really knows when it disappeared or exactly how much weas there but it amounted to about $1500. Inventory was off by $23K in clothing though inventory accuracy has been notoriously bad.
Recently, two of our employees were suspended for three days w/out pay for violation of a company policy. Here's how that went:
Employees can purchase items we sell @ cost + 10% but they can't put them on hold nor stash them. They can put them "on account" as long as the account is paid off by the end of the month which usually gives them at least 1 pay day before they have to actually pay for an item. This policy was never really enforced too much but in November, it was reiterated very clearly. Two employees had stashed a few things they intended to buy back in Sept. then (I believe) forgot about them. After the policy was reiterated, a third employee reminded the other two that they should get the stuff outa there but it never happened. Both employees claim they "spaced it".
The owner feels this is tantamount to stealing and wanted them fired. Dept mgrs recommended the 3-day suspension which the owner agreed with. One of the employees is a single mother who works full time and also does a paper route in the wee hrs to make ends meet. The other is a part-timer. The single mom took it really hard and ended up in the hospital with high blood pressure that even IV meds had a hard time reducing (she does have a BP prob anyway but timing of the acute flare up suggests a connection).
Now, one of my employees has returned from bus travel and has submitted receipts for taxi rides that were non-reimbursable anyway (non-bus related) but he also submitted for half the amt of the receipts even thought the rides were split by six people. He claims he paid more than the others, another employee said everyone paid 1/6 share. Ownership is convinced that this is part of the "thieving epidemic" and want action (probably the same as the two suspended employees) taken.
I think all of these incidents warrant a "write up" but not much more. Tomorrow I'll probably be pressured into taking more serious action against my employee.
What do you guys think is appropriate for the "stashing" and "receipt" incidents?
Sorry for the long post but I'd really like to hear some other perspectives on these issues.
Oh yeah, the owner has recently installed security cameras w/out employee knowledge. Anyone know if that's legal? As a mgmt team member, I'm feeling some frustration.
CPW
We've had some theft issues recently:
Some Katrina relief charity $ was stolen/lost. No one really knows when it disappeared or exactly how much weas there but it amounted to about $1500. Inventory was off by $23K in clothing though inventory accuracy has been notoriously bad.
Recently, two of our employees were suspended for three days w/out pay for violation of a company policy. Here's how that went:
Employees can purchase items we sell @ cost + 10% but they can't put them on hold nor stash them. They can put them "on account" as long as the account is paid off by the end of the month which usually gives them at least 1 pay day before they have to actually pay for an item. This policy was never really enforced too much but in November, it was reiterated very clearly. Two employees had stashed a few things they intended to buy back in Sept. then (I believe) forgot about them. After the policy was reiterated, a third employee reminded the other two that they should get the stuff outa there but it never happened. Both employees claim they "spaced it".
The owner feels this is tantamount to stealing and wanted them fired. Dept mgrs recommended the 3-day suspension which the owner agreed with. One of the employees is a single mother who works full time and also does a paper route in the wee hrs to make ends meet. The other is a part-timer. The single mom took it really hard and ended up in the hospital with high blood pressure that even IV meds had a hard time reducing (she does have a BP prob anyway but timing of the acute flare up suggests a connection).
Now, one of my employees has returned from bus travel and has submitted receipts for taxi rides that were non-reimbursable anyway (non-bus related) but he also submitted for half the amt of the receipts even thought the rides were split by six people. He claims he paid more than the others, another employee said everyone paid 1/6 share. Ownership is convinced that this is part of the "thieving epidemic" and want action (probably the same as the two suspended employees) taken.
I think all of these incidents warrant a "write up" but not much more. Tomorrow I'll probably be pressured into taking more serious action against my employee.
What do you guys think is appropriate for the "stashing" and "receipt" incidents?
Sorry for the long post but I'd really like to hear some other perspectives on these issues.
Oh yeah, the owner has recently installed security cameras w/out employee knowledge. Anyone know if that's legal? As a mgmt team member, I'm feeling some frustration.
CPW
