Reuters spoke with five private eyes, who all said their fraudulent sick leave business was booming - so much so that some agencies have ditched traditional gigs like extra-marital affairs to focus solely on employees suspected of skipping work.
Private detectives tail French workers to root out surging sick leave fraud
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Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 1 day ago
How important are these workers that it justifies the (significant) cost of a private eye? Surely Your run of the mill laborer or office worker just isn’t worth that?
HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social 1 day ago
It’s not about the value these employees have to the company, it’s about control. If your workforce knows you’ll waste money on PIs to tail you when you’re sick, they think twice about calling in.
Somewhere in that office is a power-tripping manager.
acchariya@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is how you get around restrictions on firing employees you don’t like. If you catch them doing this you are free to fire them