fraud

Business e-mail compromise: sometimes you pay twice!

October 22, 2019 Devan Marr Employee Relations, Human Resources, Privacy and Security, Training and Development, 0

A recent Ontario Small Claims Court decision highlights the importance of having effective workplace policies and procedures when it comes to transferring funds electronically.

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Privacy class action to proceed

July 22, 2014 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Privacy and Security

Canada will see its first class action lawsuit based on the new tort of invading another’s privacy, after a Bank of Nova Scotia employee leaked customers’ personal information to his girlfriend for personal gain. At least 138 customers were subsequently defrauded. Ontario’s Superior Court accepted that the employer was vicariously liable for the employee’s actions […]

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Can employers publicize terminations via social media? Dallas’ police chief says yes

January 10, 2014 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources

In the name of transparency and building public confidence in the local police force, Dallas police chief David O. Brown has begun posting announcements of staff terminations and demotions on the social networking services Twitter and Facebook. Chief Brown is surely blazing a trail with the controversial practice, but it remains to be seen whether others will follow—or if it’s even legal…

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What are you doing about employee fraud?

April 2, 2013 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Privacy and Security, Recruiting and Hiring

Some cynical people believe that no organization is free from employee fraud. Even small organizations are hardly immune, despite the trust such employers place in their employees and the controls they have in place. Consider these common misconceptions about employee fraud…

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Are your employees abusing their expense accounts?

February 27, 2012 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, Human Resources

Business consultants Insperity offer six signs of expense account fraud…

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Laws not enough to stop fraud

December 5, 2011 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, Human Resources, Privacy and Security

A recent US survey finds that “Business losses due to fraud increased 20% in the last 12 months, from $1.4 million to $1.7 million per billion dollars of sales. … 88% of the respondents reported being victims of corporate fraud over the past 12 months.” Does this worry you?

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Bookkeeper goes to jail for eight years after defrauding employer

March 18, 2011 Christina Catenacci Employee Relations, Human Resources

The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently upheld a lengthy prison sentence for a bookkeeper who defrauded her employer of over $700,000.

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A very expensive case of bad-faith termination and sick pay fraud

April 30, 2010 Christina Catenacci Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources

I recently read an interesting case about sick pay fraud and bad-faith termination. After reading the employer’s version of what happened, I was pretty convinced…

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