| e investigators may be employed for a wide | | | | out how much time is being wasted on private |
| variety of reasons. They are widely thought of as | | | | emails and surfing the net when a person should |
| being employed to trace missing persons or in | | | | be working. There have also been instances |
| divorce cases but there are many other | | | | where a business has been ruined using |
| possibilities. Employers use the services of private | | | | employers’ time and resources which is of |
| investigators for many reasons in order to cut | | | | course not permitted. |
| monetary losses, reduce absence and by keeping | | | | Drug misuse is another reason to employ the |
| matters private, are able to have more control | | | | services of a detective agency. Drugs in the |
| over the outcome of an incidence. | | | | workplace are not permitted and can cause |
| A private investigator may be hired by an | | | | serious harm to the drug user and people around |
| employer to investigate an employee who is | | | | them. A detective agency may be employed as |
| absent from work on long term sick leave. If | | | | an undercover worker who will be able to find out |
| there is suspicion that the employee is not | | | | who is using drugs and who the supplier is. This |
| genuinely ill, which costs the employer money, | | | | information would then be passed on to the police. |
| then they can follow them outside work and | | | | Here at Global Investigations we take all |
| capture evidence that the employee is actually fit | | | | investigations seriously and if employed in |
| for work. | | | | sensitive cases such as for an employer, we |
| Private investigators are often employed to check | | | | always act within the terms of the Data |
| computer records such as deleted emails and | | | | Protection Act which is designed to protect a |
| review internet searches. This can be used to find | | | | person’s right to privacy. |