Suspension

SandC

You have to look at it from the company point of view. You have around 100 sheets of paper detailing items purchased using the employee/household discount over a period of 3 years - that's a lot of purchases. Add to that there have been 22 different debit/credit card numbers the employer is bound to highlight this as potentially fraudulent use of the discount.

Can your bank provide statements for 3 years? If you don't produce evidence that it is your household that have used the card on the most part then your son is liable to lose his job. They may charge you for copies but surely this is better than him losing his employment?

I honestly do not think the company is being unfair in any way.

trigger1812

Right for a start the 100 odd pieces of paper have details of 1 transaction one 1 piece of paper,1 whole piece of paper with one or several transactions done at one time, i for one am in the store a few times a week for coal etc, not whole pieces of paper with transactions on then it just states the sale on that day . 2. it is only an investigation not disciplinary. 3. i am not as you say sticking my oar in i am trying to help a 20 year old boy who don't know what the hell is going on lets hope it don't happen to your kids. and yes i have had a few bank cards three have been stolen i have lost a couple and have been issued with new ones when myself and ex split up, also add on to that my sons 4 past cards and my husbands 2 cards you might see the picture, i am not looking at my son through rose tinted specs so please do not insinuate it.!!!!!

Zazen999

Wow; I'm going to be harsher than Woody!

Anyway - c'mon - 100 transactions [ish] with 22 cards.

His family have been taking the pish. The company are 100% correct to investigate and ask him to prove that all the cards belong to people who live at that address. I suspect the manager who let one non-family transaction through didn't expect to lose a year's profits on one staff member's staff discount card.

SandC

That's what you have to remember at this stage trigger - it is an investigation and not a disciplinary. A suspension can feel very much like a punishment but it's basically a time for the employer to carry out investigations into something while the employee continues to be paid.

However, for them to carry out the investigation properly you have to supply them with the information they have asked for. No two ways about it because on the facts they have in front of them if you can't prove otherwise it looks like the use of the discount card has been abused.

What you can also do is highlight that the goods show a repeat pattern despite the different cards used - hence more than likely things being bought by the same person. Anything you can possibly do to show that he has not been giving out the card willy nilly will help him.

trigger1812

thank you so much i probably didn't explain proper im just printing off statements now and already have 30 odd transactions

trigger1812

hi there no ones took the pee the 100 transactions have been over nearly 4 years!!!!!

DVardysShadow

I suggest that in the first instance you go back for exactly 1 year and just deal with those. As things move on it becomes progressively harder to find the information to back up the legitimacy of the transaction, as you say, you have cut up cards etc.

I would say that 100% coverage over 1 year is probably better than 95% coverage over a year - so if there is 1 transaction which you don't have details for in the last year, it is probably worth putting as much effort into that as sorting out years 2 3 and 4. Obviously, take it back as far as you can, but stop off once you have not got 100% coverage.

Clark80

Might be investigation now but will definitely go to disciplinary...Thought you should know that.

Zazen999

trigger1812 wrote: »

hi there no ones took the pee the 100 transactions have been over nearly 4 years!!!!!

They have taken the pee if the transactions were made by people that do not live at that address.

kegg_2

now we have worked out about 75% is our own transactions and the other 25% is my brothers card my father in laws card and his ex fiances card.

25% of overall tranactions is alot of misuse of the card and he is more than likely looking at dismissal.