Accused of Stealing Money at Work

MrNiceGuy_007

Received this today and we are thinking of making an appeal to clear my wife's name.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=116CM3cGs_7aw3aUqQiGBpXWDrL-rVwAN

Any ideas how to respond or have a good template I could follow?

Thanks

marliepanda

MrNiceGuy_007 wrote: »

Received this today and we are thinking of making an appeal to clear my wife's name.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=116CM3cGs_7aw3aUqQiGBpXWDrL-rVwAN

Any ideas how to respond or have a good template I could follow?

Thanks

What do you actually want? If it was me, I wouldn't respond at all.

Whilst I am not defending the company at all, the excuse 'management know my log in details.' is flimsy as all get out.

sangie595

MrNiceGuy_007 wrote: »

Received this today and we are thinking of making an appeal to clear my wife's name.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=116CM3cGs_7aw3aUqQiGBpXWDrL-rVwAN

Any ideas how to respond or have a good template I could follow?

Thanks

How do you plan on clearing it? With new evidence? The name of the person who stole it? An speak will not succeed unless you have something new to tell them.

montyrebel

if i remember without reading back you had stated that the other managers used the same till as your wife. it appears from that letter if they used them they did so using her login details.

not keeping those details to herself would I am pretty sure be a breach of procedures and possible gross misconduct so she would have been let go for that.

my advice now is to move on and forget about it

aife

montyrebel wrote: »

if i remember without reading back you had stated that the other managers used the same till as your wife. it appears from that letter if they used them they did so using her login details.

not keeping those details to herself would I am pretty sure be a breach of procedures and possible gross misconduct so she would have been let go for that.

my advice now is to move on and forget about it

Perhaps , but then surely the other two staff , both senior to her are also at fault.

Personally , I would appeal , even though it's not likely to be successful, because I wouldn't want to let a false allegation (assuming it is false) go unchallenged.
I'd also be writing to their head office , for the same reasons

aife

stuartJo1989 wrote: »

Have to say but I agree with the amount being an odd amount to steal! That was my first thought. That being said, a level 2 thief (someone who thinks about it in more depth) may well steal an odd amount to make it look less obvious. So I think that's a moot argument despite the logic behind it.

I've only ever been "accused" of stealing once, and it was very short-lived as the manager sided with me (some girl took over my till but she needed to use it before I could cash up. In the space of about 10 minutes she had lifted £60). I ended up giving her a hard time all shift because I knew it was her and in the end she cracked. I found the £60 dumped on the pavement outside work when she got a taxi home :rotfl: It did look dodgy that I found it though, but the manager was cool with it.


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I think what this shows is that for all we obsess over evidence , facts and procedures most people's decision making is based on their emotional responses and it's hard to get someone to change their mind

aife

montyrebel wrote: »

also ring up now and join the union, then ask them for advice and someone to come with her to the meetings

Most unions have a policy of not offering assistance in cases that started before the member joined.
This is because a lot of people join when they get into trouble and then cancel their subs. as soon as the situation is resolved

pmduk

aife wrote: »

Perhaps , but then surely the other two staff , both senior to her are also at fault.

We don't know what, if any disciplinary action has been taken in their cases.

stuartJo1989

aife wrote: »

I think what this shows is that for all we obsess over evidence , facts and procedures most people's decision making is based on their emotional responses and it's hard to get someone to change their mind

Not sure what you mean tbh...

sangie595

stuartJo1989 wrote: »

Not sure what you mean tbh...

It means that they have made a decision. Unless there is tangible proof to the contrary, they won't change that decision.