Employee theft investigations are so easy anyone can do them.

Just kidding.  The fact is a proper employee theft investigation is quite difficult and time consuming.  Sure you could just pull your associates in and start making accusations, but did you know there is a large amount of liability in that?  If you can’t back up the claim you may be setting yourself up for even more loss.

Employee theft, or internal theft, is a common problem that all businesses face.  From fast food to clothing retail to doctors and lawyers; employee theft is a problem.  There are a few solutions available however.

The first, and the one I recommend, is to use a trained Loss Prevention Professional to conduct you employee theft investigation.  If you have the budget to keep a LP Professional on staff then you are ahead of the curve.  This person can be utilized to detect and catch shoplifting, internal theft as well as paperwork errors and other causes of shrink.  If you don’t have the budget, or aren’t quite sold on staffing your own LP Professional, then you can rent one.  There are companies who staff and train LP Professionals and then contract them out to retailers large and small when there is a need.  One benefit to this is reduced liability on your part as the contract company is responsible for their employee.  The reason I push this concept so hard is the training involved in doing a quality employee theft investigation.  Do you know how to read body language?  Are you familiar with the concepts of Neurolinguistics?  Do you know how to properly obtain a confession for all dishonest activity, including things you had no idea about?  The answer to these questions is probably “no”.  These are some of the things that a trained LP Professional has spent time studying and know.

The second option is to get the training yourself.  However you choose to run you business is … well, your business.  I just recommend that a trained person conduct internal theft investigations in order to do the job right.

For more information on employee theft, internal theft or employee theft investigation contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia