Continued Payment Fraud Hamburg – Feigned Incapacity for Work: Detectives Conduct Surveillance

Continued payment fraud – commonly referred to as “pulling a sickie” – is not a trivial offence. On the one hand, the employer and colleagues are confronted with the sudden absence of an employee, and on the other, health insurance providers and thus the general public suffer damage. In order to catch an employee falsely claiming illness, professional assistance from a detective agency is usually required. The commercial detectives of Kurtz Investigations Hamburg are your experts in the surveillance of suspicious employees: +49 40 2320 5053.

Reasons for the “Sick Note Holiday”

The possible reasons that lead employees to commit the labour law violation of feigning illness are manifold, sometimes individual, sometimes recurring stereotypes. The latter include repeated undeclared work to supplement income or the desire to watch matches of the football World Cup or the European Championship live. During these major events, the number of sick notes rises sharply nationwide every time. The damage to the employer, colleagues and society is immense. On average across Germany, an employee is absent for 12 days per year; Hamburg is somewhat above this with around 14 days.

While it is often relatively easy for our Hamburg surveillance operatives to prove fraud during peak periods, it can be more difficult in individual cases – yet with sufficient patience and persistence, almost anything is possible. An employee who extends the weekend into Monday because the neighbour’s party was particularly excessive and who still struggles to stand upright on Monday is difficult to catch, as such activities do not recur regularly, the sick note is submitted at very short notice and the employee may actually spend the day sobering up at home. Exceptions in individual cases include, for example, permanently dependent relatives requiring more time than contractually agreed leave and legally regulated absence periods for carers allow, or the already mentioned undeclared work. Proving these individual offences is just as much part of the work of our detectives from Hamburg as proving “regular” cases of feigned illness.

We Have Extensive Experience in Employee Monitoring – Kurtz Detective Agency Hamburg

Continued payment fraud is one of the most common reasons for instructing Kurtz Detective Agency Hamburg. Our social security systems were created to help those in need. That exploiting these systems by falsely reporting sick leave is not a minor offence but causes damage to employers and society does not seem to be fully recognised by many employees. Calling in sick without cause is fraud. Kurtz Detective Agency Hamburg helps you to put a stop to this active harm to your company.

Employees work illegally during their “sick leave” for other companies, possibly even competitors, attend family celebrations, go on holiday or carry out work on their own property. You are obliged to continue paying wages for up to six weeks in the event of illness. Do not allow yourself to be exploited. The detectives of Kurtz Investigations Hamburg monitor your suspicious employees and secure evidence admissible in court: +49 40 2320 5053.