http://www.cfosnafu.com/employee-stole-thousands-sued-for-more-and-won/ Some days it should be legal to keep two sets of books Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:39:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.cfosnafu.com/employee-stole-thousands-sued-for-more-and-won/comment-page-1/#comment-2776 Chris Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:22:42 +0000 http://www.cfosnafu.com/?p=357#comment-2776 Following those lines of changing company policy wouldn't it make more sense to continue to have him work while he is under investigation? He would be earning the pay he is receiving instead of getting paid to sit at home. The investigation should be able to continue without fully alerting the party in question due to digital back-ups and paper redundancies in the corporate world today, especially in a civic center which can sometimes get parts of its funding from the city it resides in. Then when a full investigation has been completed you fire him hand him his severance package (which includes accumulated holiday, sick time and other benefits if he is entitled to them) and file suit in order to recoup the lost money through his nefarious dealings. I do not like seeing the bad guy get away but someone dropped the ball with this investigation and subsequent court filling and an intelligent thief played the system because of it. Following those lines of changing company policy wouldn’t it make more sense to continue to have him work while he is under investigation? He would be earning the pay he is receiving instead of getting paid to sit at home. The investigation should be able to continue without fully alerting the party in question due to digital back-ups and paper redundancies in the corporate world today, especially in a civic center which can sometimes get parts of its funding from the city it resides in. Then when a full investigation has been completed you fire him hand him his severance package (which includes accumulated holiday, sick time and other benefits if he is entitled to them) and file suit in order to recoup the lost money through his nefarious dealings. I do not like seeing the bad guy get away but someone dropped the ball with this investigation and subsequent court filling and an intelligent thief played the system because of it.

]]> http://www.cfosnafu.com/employee-stole-thousands-sued-for-more-and-won/comment-page-1/#comment-2775 D. Suarez Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:29:10 +0000 http://www.cfosnafu.com/?p=357#comment-2775 Everything depends largely on how a company restructures its administrative and personnel policies, otherwise even an employee and confessed thief could have the upper hand. Everything depends largely on how a company restructures its administrative and personnel policies, otherwise even an employee and confessed thief could have the upper hand.

]]> http://www.cfosnafu.com/employee-stole-thousands-sued-for-more-and-won/comment-page-1/#comment-2758 Paul S Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:45:37 +0000 http://www.cfosnafu.com/?p=357#comment-2758 Touche' Chris! You are absolutely correct. If the policy allowed it they could have put him on an administrative leave without pay plus basic benefits (health, dental, etc.) pending the results of the investigation. If found not guilty he would then receive full back pay and any other benefits he was entitled to receive. Schools use this when a teacher is suspected of an inappropriate relationship with a student. However, there would have had to be a policy in place BEFORE the alledged theft took place. Touche’ Chris! You are absolutely correct. If the policy allowed it they could have put him on an administrative leave without pay plus basic benefits (health, dental, etc.) pending the results of the investigation. If found not guilty he would then receive full back pay and any other benefits he was entitled to receive. Schools use this when a teacher is suspected of an inappropriate relationship with a student. However, there would have had to be a policy in place BEFORE the alledged theft took place.

]]> http://www.cfosnafu.com/employee-stole-thousands-sued-for-more-and-won/comment-page-1/#comment-2756 Chris Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:16:07 +0000 http://www.cfosnafu.com/?p=357#comment-2756 You can't fire him for allegations of theft no matter how much you would want to. If he was fired on the spot it would be as if the allegations did not need to be found true or false. Though I wouldn't want to work with someone that is suspected of stealing, he could have been innocent and if that was the case they would have lost a lot more then $92,000 plus the amount the paid him. You can’t fire him for allegations of theft no matter how much you would want to. If he was fired on the spot it would be as if the allegations did not need to be found true or false. Though I wouldn’t want to work with someone that is suspected of stealing, he could have been innocent and if that was the case they would have lost a lot more then $92,000 plus the amount the paid him.

]]> http://www.cfosnafu.com/employee-stole-thousands-sued-for-more-and-won/comment-page-1/#comment-2754 Paul S Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:19:28 +0000 http://www.cfosnafu.com/?p=357#comment-2754 "Former facilities manager Gary Lean was placed on paid administrative leave" --- right here is the mistake. Had he been fired as soon as their suspicions came tue there would have been no argument. “Former facilities manager Gary Lean was placed on paid administrative leave” —
right here is the mistake. Had he been fired as soon as their suspicions came tue there would have been no argument.

]]> http://www.cfosnafu.com/employee-stole-thousands-sued-for-more-and-won/comment-page-1/#comment-2717 Eric Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:20:19 +0000 http://www.cfosnafu.com/?p=357#comment-2717 Too bad he didn't live in China.......... (see leaky toilet posting. Too bad he didn’t live in China………. (see leaky toilet posting.

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