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Nearly a fifth (19 percent) of employees work secretly two competing jobsThis practice is called “polygamy”, with almost a quarter (24 percent) considering it “justified”.
The findings come from a survey for the Fraud Prevention Service blabbering,
The research, which surveyed 2,000 employees from sectors such as human resources, engineering, finance and IT, also found that 19 per cent of individuals, or someone they knew, used fake references to cover up employment gaps.
The survey, conducted by Opinion Matters in July, focused on employees at UK companies employing at least 1,000 people.
Mike Healey, CEO of Cifas, said: “Our workplace fraud trends research doesn’t just reflect individual choices. It exposes systemic blind spots to a whole range of growing threats impacting the workplace – from polygamy working to UK professionals using fraudulent reference houses.”
Keith Rosser, president of the Better Hiring Institute and director of Reed Screening, said: “Fraud recruiting, driven by modern workplace practices and AI, is a rapidly growing challenge for organizations.”
Cifas is encouraging employers to thoroughly check people’s qualifications and work history.
The figures are as follows Revealed in new research Three out of five workers in low-wage jobs have skipped meals, can’t heat their homes or have taken out payday loan To cover essential supplies.
Living Wage Foundation said the survey of 2,000 workers showed that low pay has a “devastating impact” on people’s lives.
Two in five said they have been forced to use food banks, increasing to more than half of low-wage workers with dependent children.
The research was based on a survey of workers in London paid below the voluntary so-called real living wage of £12.60 and £13.85 an hour.