Sticky fingers: Workplace theft is on the rise

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Monday, February 18, 2019
Sticky fingers: Workplace theft is on the rise
STICKY FINGERS: Fraud experts found that theft of "non-cash" work property -- like scissors, notebooks and tape -- nearly doubled between 2008 and 2018.STICKY FINGERS: Fraud experts found that theft of "non-cash" work property -- things like scissors, notebooks and tape -- nearly doubled between 2008 and 2018! An expert speaking to "The Atlantic" attributed the losses to a decrease in supervision and the ease of reselling products online. Full-time employees also now spend an average of more than 3 hours a day working from home.

STICKY FINGERS: Fraud experts found that theft of "non-cash" work property -- things like scissors, notebooks and tape -- nearly doubled between 2008 and 2018!

An expert speaking to "The Atlantic" attributed the losses to a decrease in supervision and the ease of reselling products online.

Full-time employees also now spend an average of more than three hours a day working from home.