| When you own a business, one of the most important | | | | cash register till can help you in your investigation. If you |
| decisions you will make is the staff that you employ. | | | | have a modern till which is part of an electronic point |
| You want employees that will be charming and polite | | | | of sale or EPoS system, you should be able to track |
| to the customer whilst being organized, sensible and | | | | each and every sale made by individual employees. |
| tough when it comes to anyone damaging the | | | | This works through an identification process which the |
| business. You want them to be able to respect you as | | | | cash register till performs each time a transaction is |
| their boss, and respect the company they are working | | | | put through. The cashier will be required to enter a pin |
| for in return for their wages. For the majority of the | | | | number, use a key or insert a toggle so that they can |
| time, business owners have fairly good intuition and | | | | continue with the sale. This logs their name with each |
| can spot a rogue applicant among the CVs they read | | | | transaction. |
| and interviews they hold. However, you will find that | | | | You can then learn which till the takings are down in |
| some slippery snakes get through to the shop floor the | | | | and who has been working on the till, all of which helps |
| day will come when you spot them with their hand in | | | | with your investigation. Many tills now have an |
| the cash register till. | | | | automated float collection which disables the sales |
| You might catch a member of staff physically stealing | | | | mechanism until the float is removed. This can pin point |
| money from your business, it might be caught through | | | | the time of the theft to during the working day or as |
| your accounts when you realise that your takings | | | | the sales are counted. If money has gone missing |
| have been down over a period of time or in a | | | | during two float removals then you can see who has |
| systematic way, or you might be carrying out an | | | | made transactions during that time. On the other hand, |
| on-the-spot bag check and find some of your | | | | if the money is taken during the final cashing up of the |
| products on one of the employee's bag. However, just | | | | day, the identification system allows you to see who |
| because you have discovered that a staff member is | | | | was in charge of the process. |
| a thief does not mean that you know which member | | | | By working out the one common link between all of |
| of staff is actually committing the crime. | | | | these events you can easily discover which staff |
| To help you discover who is behind the stealing, your | | | | member is behind the theft and take disciplinary action. |