HR tip: Discovering past misdemeanours

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Question:"An accounts clerk has worked for us for 18 months but we have just discovered that he stole money from his previous employer. We did not seek a reference on him nor did we ask any questions. What can we do?"
HR Tip:
There is nothing you can now do, other than keep a watchful eye on the clerk. Do not make this overbearing but carry out a sensible programme of audits on him and indeed anyone else who is in a position to defraud you. This is normal practice. Of course you may now wish to consider your policy about taking references and asking searching questions at interview.

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Resignation in face of discipline
Personality problem
June 2007
Searching employees
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Dependents' leave
The right to privacy
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Sex discrimination
Fixed term contracts
Return from maternity leave
April 2007
Sex discrimination
Deductions from wages
Custom and practice
Disclosing employees' birthdays
March 2007
Making notes in disciplinary proceedings
Discipline and the police
Analysing poor performance
Resignation in a temper
Implied terms of contract
February 2007
Issuing contracts of employment
Unfair and wrongful dismissal
Bullying boss
Persistent absentees
January 2007
Confidential witness statements
Ending a fixed term contract
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HR Zone, 13-Sep-2007
Categories: Management
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