Ordering employees not to report shoplifters is one thing, as the company owns the products. It is quite another to retaliate against employees for reporting crimes against said employees.
The company policy itself sounds like it may even be a criminal offense (obstruction of justice), or a civil rights violation.
Ordering employees not to report shoplifters is one thing, as the company owns the products. It is quite another to retaliate against employees for reporting crimes against said employees.
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Both should me made illegal. Management ordering employees not to report shoplifters encourages shoplifting, penalizes shareholders, and raises everyone’s prices. It doesn’t matter that the encouragers of criminals own the goods.
This company policy of firing employees who call the police when someone is assaulted (coworker or not) is likely a violation of racketeering laws.