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In lugnet.loc.uk, James Powell writes:
>
> > It's the policy of many retail industries that till shortages come out of
> > pocket for the people on shift. That is why many retail industry workers
> > have a policy that till overages(?) go into a pot that is used to cover
> > shortages.
>
> That's a illegal activity here in Canada.
Tell Dairy Queen.
> The store owner has to eat it, not the till person!. Esp. a problem with
> restaraunts, where people run out on the bill, recently a store was charged
> and fined quite heavily for billing the waiter for a meal that the people
> skipped out on. It is viewed as being a cost of business, and a supervisory
> role problem, not the person on the till. They can fine (take disiplinary
> action) them for repeated instances, but for single instances, no.
Customers skipping out on tabs is a different issue than employees miscounting
change. I think the legal issues are different. In the first case, it's the
customer that causes the shortage, in the second it's the employee.
Relevant to point out that my information is old, though - I've been out of
retail for many moons now.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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