Legalized Theft In Wisconsin (And Elsewhere)
I was managing a hotel when I caught an employee taking 20 dollars out of the cash drawer and putting it in his pocket. I of course fired him on the spot and figured that was the end of it. Nope, I soon found out how wrong I was.
Two weeks later, I get an unemployment notice from the state showing he filed for wrongful dismissal. I responded back stating he was terminated for theft. A week later they ask me to send them our employee handbook and training materials.
Shortly thereafter, I received notice that they awarded him unemployment because nowhere in our handbook or training materials did it explicitly state he was not allowed to take cash from the cash drawer.
You would think that would just be common sense, but apparently the state of Wisconsin didn’t agree.
From that moment on, it was explicitly stated in the handbook and training materials that employees were not allowed to take money or any other property that does not belong to them. Story credit: Reddit / Im68guns