Preventing Employee Theft – Atlanta Georgia

Here are a few tips for you to follow that will help you prevent or reduce employee theft within your organization. First of all, develop a policy which states plainly how employee purchases are to be handled. Be sure to emphasize the fact that employees should never process their own purchases under any circumstances. Install lockers and establish a policy under which employees are not allowed to bring personal items (i.e. purses, backpacks, briefcases, etc.) onto the sales floor. Establish an “employee entrance”. Everyone who’s working should use those doors to enter and exit. Make sure that entrance is monitored at all times.

Perform regular refund audits. Fraudulent refunds have become an increasingly popular form of employee theft. Make sure you’re cross-checking the refund slips with the actual merchandise in stock. Be sure to audit all vendors and suppliers that come in and out of your business as well. These individuals have access to areas of your building that everyday customers don’t, but because they’re not your regular employees they’re usually the last ones you suspect in cases of employee theft.

You should develop a process for trash removal as that is one of the biggest ways employees have been known to remove merchandise from a building. Use clear trash bags whenever possible and make it mandatory for all boxes to be flattened or crushed before they are discarded.  Perform random spot checks of employee packages, purchases, backpacks, purses, etc. It is important that everyone in your employ know that you are watching and are aware of the possibility of employee theft, and that it will not be tolerated.

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