The Bloomberg Businessweek released an article recently entitled “Hooky Detectives” featuring a popular new trend among employers: hiring private investigators to check up on their “sick” employees.
According to Bloomberg, this trend has been developing more as the economy is not allowing for current employees to find new careers. Feeling entrapped in their position, the employee tends to be less engaged and more apt to take advantage of their benefits. A spark of reasonable doubt is enough to inspire employers to dig into the lives of their employee while they are supposedly home sick.