Continued Wage Payment Fraud Berlin | Feigned Incapacity to Work

“Calling in sick” is not only a financial and organizational burden for the employer, but in many cases also harms colleagues, whose stress levels quickly increase due to absences, and ultimately society as a whole. Every patient who places an additional burden on health insurance funds due to a feigned illness contributes to rising health insurance premiums for everyone. Many cases of continued wage payment fraud therefore overlap with insurance fraud. Habitual malingerers also lower the overall work morale of the entire workforce.

Accordingly, employee surveillance by the experienced detectives of Aaden Economic Detective Agency LLC Berlin can not only lead to immediate measures against the fraudulent employee, but also improve cooperation and efficiency across the entire workforce in the long term: +49 30 2016 9221-0.

How Can You as an Employer Recognize That Your Employee Is Faking an Illness?

There are many signs of feigned illness. Indicators include, among others, the following aspects:

• frequent sick notes,
• boastful statements to colleagues,
• known commitments in clubs and organizations (very often soccer),
• previous rejection of a vacation request,
• sick leave taken on bridge days and/or following weekends.

Admissibility in Court Through the Regularity of Recovery-Contrary Behavior

It is also important that you, as an employer, act quickly when a suspicious employee calls in sick. Relevant court rulings demonstrate the necessity of several days of surveillance to prove the regularity of violations. Three to four days of observation, at least during normal working hours, are generally considered necessary to prove continued wage payment fraud by economic detectives.