As we discussed in last month’s blog, Employee theft is a huge problem. It can be as simple as a clerk at a store stealing from the cash register or taking money from customers and voiding the sale, to a more complicated theft such as employees falsifying their expense accounts or writing phony checks.

If you find an employee stealing, it’s important that you handle it carefully so you don’t expose your company to litigation.

In most cases of employee theft, there is a trail you can follow. Checking for frequent cash balance variances, inventory shortages, missing tools and equipment, changes in employee behavior or spending patterns, and complaints from other employees about missing items can produce a great deal of information.

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