Most employees that choose to commit fraud against their employers feel justified in doing so. For example, if an employee gets demoted and has to take a pay cut or doesn't get a raise or bonus for a given year, that employee may feel justified in taking what is referred to "wages in kind." Wages in kind is where the employee creates his or her own wages. What might a company do to prevent an employee from taking "wages in kind?"

Most employees that choose to commit fraud against their employers feel justified in doing so. For example, if an employee gets demoted and has to take a pay cut or doesn't get a raise or bonus for a given year, that employee may feel justified in taking what is referred to "wages in kind." Wages in kind is where the employee creates his or her own wages. What might a company do to prevent an employee from taking "wages in kind?"

PAYROLL ACCT.,2019 ED.(LL)-TEXT

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