Tag: employee investigations
Employee Investigations: Does It Pass the Smell Test?
When it comes employee investigations, sometimes the "smell test" will not let you rest. You know, those situations when you listen to a story or a business practice, and something just plain stinks.
What Is a Loss Prevention Manager?
To the average consumer, a loss prevention manager might once have been perceived as a “security guard”: a reactionary presence in a retail establishment whose primary responsibility is to apprehend shoplifters.
Taking a Data-Centric Role to Add Value to Your Company
EDITOR'S NOTE: Dan Faketty is vice president of asset protection for Southeastern Grocers based in Jacksonville, Florida. Prior to moving into a leadership role...
LP Insider’s Top Five Loss Prevention Articles of 2016
When Tragedy Strikes the Loss Prevention Community
On the evening of April 10, 2016, a shoplifting suspect was attempting to steal three flat screen televisions...
Loss Prevention for Chico’s FAS
Retail loss prevention departments face many challenges. Employee theft remains the largest source of shrink, and shoplifting - especially related to organized retail crime...
Planning, Implementing, and Justifying an Employment Screening Process
Many experts agree that “past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior.” For this reason if for no other, companies should be keenly...
LP’s Role in Preventing Workplace Violence
“Loss prevention doesn’t handle threats of violence.” This statement was part of the testimony of the vice president of human resources during her deposition...
Improving Home Improvement Shrinkage
E D I T O R : Your title is vice president of loss prevention, safety, and hazmat. That entails a lot. Give us...