How to know that an employee bought a sick leave

 

Employers often face the problem of fake sick leaves. Dishonest employees usually find sellers of fakes online. If the sick leave is fake, the FSS will not reimburse its payment. Even if the employee is hired under the table, or if the accounting department does not process sick leaves at all, the absence of an employee causes harm to the organization.

The most reliable way to check a sick leave is to confirm the validity of its number with the FSS. To do this, you need to call the regional department of the FSS. You can find the department in your region by following the link:

https://fss.ru/ru/regional_office/in_territory/

However, the sick leave may be genuine, and the person may not have actually been ill - such manipulations are conducted with the help of familiar doctors (most often therapists) or private clinics (it's enough to pay for one consultation).

 

How to catch a fraudster red-handed?

1. It's good when the manager in the company has their own informant. A naive fraudster, having deceived the management, may boast about it to colleagues and thereby expose themselves.

2. If you have a modern DLP system installed, such as OctoWatch, and the employee used their work computer to search for information on where to buy a sick leave - you are in luck.

The OctoWatch system includes a rule called "Sick Leave", which contains several key words.

 

The system constantly monitors what is on the screen, in the clipboard, as well as what search queries the user enters and what sites they open. When a keyword from the list is detected, a notification will be sent (to the email if configured), and it will also appear in the Risks list:

 

Thus, the OctoWatch employee activity monitoring system helps employers protect themselves from dishonest employees who buy sick leaves.