Great article on the increase in benefits fraud, the various types & what can be done to be more vigilant.
Benefits Fraud Hits Employees Hard – RateSupermarket.ca Blog
Having access to workplace benefits is a wonderful perk – but the system is vulnerable to misuse, creating great costs for employers that affect all employees. The costs to businesses of falsified or inflated workplace insurance claims can run into the millions of dollars, raising employee premiums and needlessly tying up corporate resources, warns Joel Alleyne, executive director of the Canadian Health Care Anti-fraud Association.