Private investigator hired to surveil employees working from home

Private investigator hired to surveil employees working from home

Surveil employees working from home Employers are trying to find ways to make sure people working from home are really working.

Kelsey McFarland spoke to a private investigator in Las Vegas who says he catches people having fun while on the clock.

INVESTIGATORS..TO CHECK UP ON YOU.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER KELSEYMCFARLAND JOINS US LIVE TOEXPLAIN WHAT EMPLOYEES HAVEBEEN CAUGHT DOING.I TALKED TO A PRIVATEINVESTIGATOR HERE IN LAS VEGASWHO SAYSHE CATCHES EMPLOYEESBRINGING THEIR LAPTOPSLOGGING INTO THE COMPANYSERVER AND THEN GOING TOPLAY A ROUND OF TENNIS ORGOLF.HAL DE BECKER: "MY FIRM IS APRIVATE INVESTIGATION FIRM..WE SPECIALIZE IN SURVEILLANCE"THIS IS HAL DE BECKERFOUNDER OF DE BECKERINVESTIGATIONS.HE'S WEARING A MASK BECAUSEHE DOES A LOT OF UNDERCOVERWORK.HIS LATEST TASK- CHECKING ONEMPLOYEES WHO SAY THEY'REWORKING FROM HOME.BUT THEIR BOSS ISN'T SO SURE.HAL DE BECKER: "ABOUT TWO AND AHALF WEEKS AGO WE STARTEDRECEIVING A HIGH VOLUME OFCALLS FROM COMPANIES THATARE CONCERNED THAT THEIREMPLOYEES THAT WERE GETTINGPAID TO WORK FROM HOME WERE NOTWORKING AT ALL." DE BECKER SAYSHIS COMPANY HAS LOOKED INTOEIGHT EMPLOYEES SO FAR..AND ONLY ONE OF THEM WAS BEINGHONEST ABOUT WORKING FROM HOME.THE OTHERS- WERE CAUGHT ONCAMERA HIKING, PLAYINGTENNIS AND GOLFING.