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Case Study: Engaging in a Prohibited Secondary Employment During Sick Leave

In investigations conducted by our detective agency for Rosenheim regarding unauthorized or even explicitly prohibited secondary employment, our clients’ suspicion is often accompanied by the receipt of a medical certificate of incapacity for work from the employee under surveillance. This is hardly surprising, as anyone who takes on a part-time job in addition to full-time employment is usually chronically overworked. Very few employees manage to balance both in the long term. However, since some workers do not want or cannot afford to forgo income, they look for alternatives. One of these is to alternately call in sick with their employers, thereby effectively working only one job while still receiving double pay. In such cases, the second job is usually either explicitly approved, does not pose a problem under employment law, or is carried out secretly because the employment contract with the primary employer prohibits secondary employment.

Poor Performance and Disreputable Employment – Approval for the Second Job Revoked

In the following case example from our economic detective agency in Rosenheim*, the situation was somewhat different: Mr. Erding had worked for approximately four months, with the consent of his primary employer (a transportation company), in a secondary role as a bouncer at a nightclub in Rosenheim. However, it quickly became apparent to management that his performance suffered significantly due to the side job – hardly surprising, as the bouncer job began around 11 p.m. and continued into the early hours on weekends, while his shifts as a packer and delivery driver sometimes started as early as 6 a.m. As a result, Mr. Erding occasionally appeared at his primary workplace still wearing his secondary job attire, as the transition between shifts was seamless and he had no break in between. Anyone who sleeps so little and works so continuously makes mistakes – as was also the case with Mr. Erding.

Furthermore, it turned out that the supposed nightclub was not a simple dance bar but rather a brothel. From a reputational standpoint, it was unacceptable for the transportation company that its employees were engaged in such activities. Accordingly, the company prohibited the employee from continuing the secondary employment. When a sick note from the same employee arrived shortly afterward, management suspected a pretext to continue the side job. It was therefore presumed to be a combination of prohibited secondary employment and sick leave fraud. Consequently, the company engaged our detective agency in Rosenheim*.

When the Target Person Remains Elusive

After receiving the assignment, a two-person detective team positioned itself in Rosenheim* in the evening at Mr. Erding’s residential address and at the main entrance of the brothel. The target person’s vehicle was located at neither of these places nor in the immediate vicinity (within walking distance). Shortly before 9 p.m., there was evidently a change of bouncers at the establishment, but neither the arriving nor the departing employee was Mr. Erding. Meanwhile, our second economic detective in Rosenheim* went from the target person’s residence to the apartment of his partner, where he found the target vehicle parked and subsequently continued surveillance at that address. In one of the windows associated with the target apartment according to the doorbell panel, a light was on – presumably both the target person and his partner were inside the building.

Since Mr. Erding could not be sighted until midnight, our private detective in Rosenheim* entered the brothel under the pretext of being a client in order to check the individuals working there. According to his prior observations, there were no other guests present at that time, as the last one had left just minutes earlier. Apart from the bouncer seen at around 9 p.m. and the prostitutes working there, no other person was visible in the establishment; apparently, Mr. Erding was not working that day. Shortly afterward, our two investigators agreed by phone to end the operation for that day.

Sudden Recovery at the Stroke of Midnight

Unfortunately, Aaden Corporate Detective Agency had only been commissioned three days before the end of the sick leave period. Accordingly, after the unsuccessful previous day, only one operation remained to verify the suspicion of sick leave abuse. This was the decisive day. At the start of surveillance, the target vehicle was again parked in front of the partner’s residence. At the club, however, there was no change of bouncers at the same time as the previous day; when the brothel door was opened for a customer, our detective in Rosenheim* was able to determine that the same man from the previous day was again on duty. The target person still did not appear.

At exactly 12 a.m., the medical certificate of incapacity for work expired, and at exactly 12 a.m., Mr. Erding left his partner’s residence, got into his car, and drove directly to the brothel, where he relieved his colleague at the door. About an hour later, one of our two economic investigators entered the club under the pretext of being a client in order to be able to testify to the target person’s activity. Indeed, Mr. Erding opened the door for him, led him to a bar, and later into a separate room where the women were to be presented to him as a supposed customer. During the tour, our private detective in Rosenheim* engaged in casual conversation with the target person, who confirmed that he had been working there for about four months. During the conversation, Mr. Erding cleaned the bar, offered the investigator a drink, and operated the cash register. Once he had seen enough, our observer simulated a call from his wife in coordination with his colleague waiting outside and left the establishment to continue surveillance.

Secondary Employment Proven in a Court-Admissible Manner

Based on the above observations, it was proven in a court-admissible manner that the target person continued to engage in the secondary employment at the brothel despite an explicit prohibition by the primary employer. Two further surveillance operations by our detective agency in Rosenheim* on the following days confirmed the regularity of the activity.

However, whether sick leave fraud also occurred is difficult to assess. On the one hand, Mr. Erding only resumed the activity after the end of the sick leave; on the other hand, the legitimacy of the incapacity for work appears doubtful given that the target person resumed work exactly at the minute the sick leave ended.

Notice

Note: For reasons of discretion and data protection, the locations and certain personal details have been altered without changing the substance of the actual events.

*Note: All assignments of Aaden Detective Agency Munich are processed by our operations management in Munich. We have a network of qualified, vetted investigators who can be active on site for you within a short time.